On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 04:03:14PM +0100, Markus Armbruster wrote:
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> Agree.
>
> Summary so far:
>
> 1. usb_{attach,detach} looks like yet another special-purpose command
> where a general command would make sense, namely
> device_{attach,detach}. We have a few of those, e.g. usb_add
> vs. device_add. I'd prefer not to add more, as far as practical.
>
> 2. We need chardev_add and chardev_del sooner rather than later.
>
> 3. Automatic deletion of host devices (character, block, net) gets in
> the way[*]. We need a way to suppress it.
>
> 4. If we have 2. and 3., we don't need 1.
>
> Fair?
Yes.
>
>
> [*] Funny coincidence: I just read Neil Brown's essay on the conflated
> design anti-pattern, http://lwn.net/Articles/412131/
