Re: bug in usb_serial_probe?

On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 10:30:34AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> 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...

Darn.  Why do I pick the subsystems that need a rewrite?  I was going to
write an autosuspend patch for my pl2303 USB serial adaptor.  I suppose
it will be a good learning experience, even if the code doesn't get used
in the rewrite.

Sarah Sharp

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