Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: Commit "[PATCH] USB: Always dousb-handoff" breaks my powerbook

From: Alan Cox
Date: Tue Nov 01 2005 - 03:59:33 EST


On Maw, 2005-11-01 at 14:30 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> Damn, those quirks should really be either more careful or be made
> platform specific if they are x86 junk workarounds.

USB handoff is fairly x86 specific. The x86 folks took great care to
handle back compatibility while Apple was content to just dump the users
and machines.

> > > It is illegal, whatever the platform is, to tap a PCI device MMIO like

Not "illegal" -> "invalid".

Please get that right as we have far too many incorrect uses of
"illegal" in publically visible printk calls. Illegal means "prohibited
by law".


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