Re: [PATCH] fix usb skeleton driver

From: Alan Stern
Date: Wed Jun 06 2012 - 16:22:27 EST


On Wed, 6 Jun 2012, Stefani Seibold wrote:

> The reason to fix the skeleton driver was about the complains for my
> NRPZ driver, which was based on the design of the usb skeleton driver.
>
> > Going even farther, I'm not so sure it's a good idea for usb-skeleton
> > to try supporting both synchronous and asynchronous accesses. This
> > adds a layer of complexity that people just don't need. IMO it would
> > be better to have two separate example drivers, an easy one that is
> > purely synchronous and a more advanced one that is purely async.
> >
>
> Agree, i think this would be a good idea to have to separate drivers.
> Both should be also working drivers, for really simple hardware.
>
> The best way for me to do this is to shrink later this to a simplified
> driver.

That makes sense. Will you do it?

> I think it is important to have a clean and working example. It would
> save a lot of time for everybody and shrinks the number of round trips.

How can you tell that it works? By testing your NRPZ driver?

Alan Stern

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