Re: [RFC] USB: driver for iphone charging

Bodo Eggert <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usb.devel,gmane.linux.kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 12:51:19PM +0200, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> > Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote:

> > > my berry_charge code that adds support for charging the iphone when it
> > > is plugged into a Linux machine.
> > 
> > This should be a runtime option, because you may want to build a non-module
> > kernel and not charge the phone while running your laptop on battery.
> 
> Then just don't build this module if you are creating such a kernel :)
> 
> Same thing goes for the existing blackberry charge driver too...

So I have to reboot if I want to charge my (blackberry|iphone) on my 
laptop?

Even if you say installing 850 KB of software (modutils) in order to 
toggle charging an iphone is sane, having to (un)load a module is not
user-friendly.

-- 
"'Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a 
sure sign of a diseased mind.'"
	-- Terry Pratchett in "Eric"

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