Re: [PATCH 2/7 v3] initdev:kernel:USB init device discovery notification

[Alan Stern]

On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Alan Jenkins wrote:

> > +/* The mask of possible USB boot devices depends on what drivers and
> > + * options have been configured into the kernel.  There are too many
> > + * USB network config options to list here, so just assume it is always
> > + * possible to have a USB network device.
> > + */
> 
> That could be fixed though.  Make the "USB Network Adaptors" menu into
> an option.  Then you just have e.g. "CONFIG_NETDEV_USB", plus the two
> class devices outside the menu (CONFIG_USB_ACM and CONFIG_USB_WDM).

That could be done.  It might even meet with the approval of the
networking maintainer, independent of this patch series.

But what if somebody adds yet another networking class driver outside
the menu?

Alan Stern

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