Am 16.05.2011 10:33, schrieb Markus Armbruster: > Anthony Liguori <anth...@codemonkey.ws> writes: > >> On 05/13/2011 11:36 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote: >>> When Gerd qdevified USB, he kept legacy -usbdevice working (commit >>> 0958b4cc...). What about new USB devices? Should they get a legacy >>> syntax, too? >>> >>> The only existing new device is usb-ccid, and it got one in commit >>> 36707144. >> >> What keeps -usbdevice from being a light wrapper to -device such that >> no future code is needed for this? > > What would that buy us? Inhowfar is -usbdevice any lighter than > -device?
One difference is that it automagically gives you an USB host controller, whereas with -device you need to specify one explicitly. Kevin
