Re: using a "real" vendor id for root hubs

2008-01-28 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 05:09:30PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Greg KH wrote: > > > From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: USB: use a real vendor and product id for root hubs > > > > Turns out that a company is out there using the vendor id of 0x in > >

Re: using a "real" vendor id for root hubs

2008-01-28 Thread Alan Stern
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Greg KH wrote: > From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: USB: use a real vendor and product id for root hubs > > Turns out that a company is out there using the vendor id of 0x in > the wild, so use a real vendor/product id for the root hubs. > > Now that

Re: using a "real" vendor id for root hubs

2008-01-28 Thread Greg KH
On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 05:12:18PM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Samstag, 26. Januar 2008 16:56:39 schrieb Alan Stern: > > > "should" doesn't mean do. You want to make a change visible to user space. > > > That needs a reason beyond coolness. > > > > There was a reason. ?Some device was using I

Re: using a "real" vendor id for root hubs

2008-01-26 Thread Oliver Neukum
Am Samstag, 26. Januar 2008 16:56:39 schrieb Alan Stern: > > "should" doesn't mean do. You want to make a change visible to user space. > > That needs a reason beyond coolness. > > There was a reason.  Some device was using ID 0, and Greg wanted to > avoid a clash. Sorry. Yes, that's a good reas

Re: using a "real" vendor id for root hubs

2008-01-26 Thread Alan Stern
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Freitag, 25. Januar 2008 23:28:09 schrieb Greg KH: > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 09:44:32PM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote: > > > Am Freitag, 25. Januar 2008 17:58:56 schrieben Sie: > > > > Right now we use a "fake" vendor and product id for root hubs in th

Re: using a "real" vendor id for root hubs

2008-01-26 Thread Oliver Neukum
Am Freitag, 25. Januar 2008 23:28:09 schrieb Greg KH: > On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 09:44:32PM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote: > > Am Freitag, 25. Januar 2008 17:58:56 schrieben Sie: > > > Right now we use a "fake" vendor and product id for root hubs in the > > > kernel. However, I'm happy to announce tha

Re: using a "real" vendor id for root hubs

2008-01-25 Thread Alan Stern
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, David Brownell wrote: > On Friday 25 January 2008, Greg KH wrote: > > Right now we use a "fake" vendor and product id for root hubs in the > > kernel. However, I'm happy to announce that the Linux Foundation has > > joined the USB-IF and gotten an "official" usb vendor id ass

Re: using a "real" vendor id for root hubs

2008-01-25 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 09:44:32PM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Freitag, 25. Januar 2008 17:58:56 schrieben Sie: > > Right now we use a "fake" vendor and product id for root hubs in the > > kernel. However, I'm happy to announce that the Linux Foundation has > > joined the USB-IF and gotten an

Re: using a "real" vendor id for root hubs

2008-01-25 Thread Oliver Neukum
Am Freitag, 25. Januar 2008 17:58:56 schrieben Sie: > Right now we use a "fake" vendor and product id for root hubs in the > kernel. However, I'm happy to announce that the Linux Foundation has > joined the USB-IF and gotten an "official" usb vendor id assigned to it. > > I'm still working on set

Re: using a "real" vendor id for root hubs

2008-01-25 Thread David Brownell
On Friday 25 January 2008, Greg KH wrote: > > > > The ones NetChip gave me are allocated by me, and stored in > > the usb.ids file.  That's probably not the answer you're after > > (and you'll have 2^12 times as many to worry about), but I > > do think they should be listed that way. > > In readi

Re: using a "real" vendor id for root hubs

2008-01-25 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 11:02:24AM -0800, David Brownell wrote: > On Friday 25 January 2008, Greg KH wrote: > > Right now we use a "fake" vendor and product id for root hubs in the > > kernel. However, I'm happy to announce that the Linux Foundation has > > joined the USB-IF and gotten an "officia

Re: using a "real" vendor id for root hubs

2008-01-25 Thread David Brownell
On Friday 25 January 2008, Greg KH wrote: > Right now we use a "fake" vendor and product id for root hubs in the > kernel. However, I'm happy to announce that the Linux Foundation has > joined the USB-IF and gotten an "official" usb vendor id assigned to it. > > I'm still working on setting up th

using a "real" vendor id for root hubs

2008-01-25 Thread Greg KH
Right now we use a "fake" vendor and product id for root hubs in the kernel. However, I'm happy to announce that the Linux Foundation has joined the USB-IF and gotten an "official" usb vendor id assigned to it. I'm still working on setting up the infrastructure for how to assign product ids out o