Re: [PATCH v10 1/5] usb: xhci: Change the XHCI link order in the Makefile

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu May 21 2020 - 02:09:10 EST


A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

A: No.
Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?

http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 01:29:45PM -0400, Alan Cooper wrote:
> Greg, Alan,
>
> The other 4 related patches were accepted into usb-next and I just
> realized that this one didn't make it. This patch will not fix the
> "insmod out of order" issue, but will help our controllers work with
> some poorly behaved USB devices when the drivers are builtin.

As it doesn't solve the real issue, I did not accept this so that you
all can continue to work on creating a real solution that works for both
situations (built in and as modules.)

I thought I said that already...

thanks,

greg k-h