Re: bug in usb_serial_probe?
Alan Stern <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.usb.devel |
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On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Montag 24 September 2007 schrieb Alan Stern: > > On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Oliver Neukum wrote: > > > > > Am Montag 24 September 2007 schrieb Sarah Sharp: > > > > Shouldn't usb_serial_probe allow drivers to clean up if it calls the > > > > probe or attach functions and a later action causes usb_serial_probe to > > > > fail? > > > > > > Yes, this is a defficiency. We cannot simply call disconnect(), as > > > the device is semiinitialised. A new method? > > > > Better to do what Greg suggested and rewrite the whole subsystem as a > > library... > > Do you really think, it makes that much of a difference? I don't know. I'm not very familiar with the usb-serial core; I have looked only at little pieces of it. But those parts have been sufficiently awkward and crufty to make me think Greg was right. However I'm not volunteering to do the work, so feel free to ignore my advice. :-) Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel