From: Bjørn Mork <bj...@mork.no> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:14:32 +0200
> The usbnet API use the device ID table to store a pointer to > a minidriver. Setting a generic pointer for dynamic device > IDs will in most cases make them work as expected. usbnet > will otherwise treat the dynamic IDs as blacklisted. That is > rarely useful. > > There is no standard class describing devices supported by > this driver, and most vendors don't even provide enough > information to allow vendor specific wildcard matching. The > result is that most of the supported devices must be > explicitly listed in the device table. Allowing dynamic IDs > to work both simplifies testing and verification of new > devices, and provides a way for end users to use a device > before the ID is added to the driver. > > Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork <bj...@mork.no> Applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
