[PATCH v3 7/7] USB: OHCI: avoid conflicting platform drivers

Alan Stern stern at rowland.harvard.edu
Mon Apr 1 11:29:34 EDT 2013


On Sat, 30 Mar 2013, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> > I guess this means the onus is now on me to split up ohci-hcd into a 
> > central library and separate bus drivers, like ehci-hcd...
> 
> The original plan in my teams was that Manjunath would do that after
> he was done with the simple conversion of the EHCI drivers. I think we
> can all agree now that it's better if you at least the groundwork instead.

Yes, it would be better for me to prepare for the general split-up.

> Please let us know if you would like Manjunath to continue with splitting
> out the OHCI back-ends into separate drivers, or if you think that there
> is no point given the quality of the earlier patches.

This is how people learn.  After I have taken care of the initial steps 
and converted a couple of the drivers, Manjunath can work on the rest.

Alan Stern




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