[PATCH v2 1/3] USB: Add driver for NXP ISP1301 USB transceiver

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 05:52:08PM +0200, Roland Stigge wrote:
> On 04/16/2012 05:09 PM, Alan Stern wrote:
> >>  drivers/usb/Makefile        |    5 ++
> >>  drivers/usb/misc/Kconfig    |   12 ++++++
> >>  drivers/usb/misc/Makefile   |    1 
> >>  drivers/usb/misc/isp1301.c  |   64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  include/linux/usb/isp1301.h |   82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 
> > You know, drivers/usb/misc is meant for miscellaneous USB device 
> > drivers.  Not for host or transceiver drivers.
> > 
> > You should put the new file somewhere else.  Maybe in the otg 
> > directory, although that may not be completely appropriate either.  
> > Maybe something under the host directory.
> 
> The driver is used by drivers in the following directories:
> 
> drivers/usb/host/    (ohci-nxp.c)
> drivers/usb/otg/     (isp1301_omap.c)
> drivers/usb/gadget/  (lpc32xx_udc.c)
> 
> So host/ and otg/ don't look much better.
> 
> Maybe one of (new):
> 
>     drivers/usb/transceiver/
>     drivers/usb/phy/
>     drivers/usb/lowlevel/

Sure, any of those would be fine with me, but not misc please.

thanks,

greg k-h