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2006-08-31USB: Support for ELECOM LD-USB20 in pegasusNobuhiro Iwamatsu1-0/+3
This patch is support LD-USB20 of the USB LAN device. http://www2.elecom.co.jp/products/LD-USB20.html ( Japanese only ) I am using this device. And, I confirmed work by using this patch. Signed-off-by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <hemamu@t-base.ne.jp> Acked-by: Petko Manolov <petkan@nucleusys.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-08-31USB: rtl8150_disconnect() needs tasklet_kill()Andrew Morton1-0/+1
We need to wait until any currently-running handler has completed. Fixes an unplug-time oops reported by "Miles Lane" <miles.lane@gmail.com>. Cc: "Petko Manolov" <petkan@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-08-02USB: Patch for rtl8150 to fix unplug problemsPeter Chubb1-12/+71
The RTL8150 driver currently crashes the kernel if the USB lead is unplugged while the device is active. The attached patch adds error handling to tell the network layer that the device has gone away when the device is unplugged. With this patch, the device can be plugged and unplugged to one's hearts' content, without crashing anything. Oh, I've also added rudimentary suspend and resume methods. Signed-off-by: Peter Chubb <peter@gelato.unsw.edu.au> Acked-by: Petko Manolov <petkan@nucleusys.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-07-12[PATCH] USB: add ZyXEL vendor/product ID to rtl8150 driverDan Streetman1-0/+3
I just got a "ZyXEL Prestige USB Adapter" that is actually RTL8150 adapter. Here is the relevant /proc/bus/usb/devices output (after adding the vendor/product IDs to the driver): T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=02 Cnt=02 Dev#=119 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0586 ProdID=401a Rev= 1.00 S: Manufacturer=ZyXEL S: Product=Prestige USB Adapter S: SerialNumber=1027 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=120mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=ff Driver=rtl8150 E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=1ms This patch adds the ZyXEL vendor ID to the rtl8150.c driver. The device has absolutely no identifying marks on the outside for model type, just a serial number, and I can't find anything on ZyXEL's website, so I called the product ID PRODUCT_ID_PRESTIGE to match the product string. Signed-off-by: Dan Streetman <ddstreet@ieee.org> Acked-by: <petkan@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-06-30Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h>Jörn Engel10-10/+0
Signed-off-by: Jörn Engel <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-06-21[PATCH] USB: move <linux/usb_cdc.h> to <linux/usb/cdc.h>David Brownell3-3/+3
This moves <linux/usb_cdc.h> to <linux/usb/cdc.h> to reduce some of the clutter of usb header files. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-06-21[PATCH] USB: cdc_ether: recognize olympus r1000 (fix regression)David Brownell1-0/+12
Earlier work splitting the "usbnet" driver out into a core plus driver modules was missing a blacklist entry for the Olympus R-1000; it must not use the CDC Ethernet driver, only the "zaurus" support works with it. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-06-21[PATCH] USB: more pegasus log spamming removedDavid Brownell1-3/+26
Remove more log spamming from pegasus: stop talking to the device once we see ENODEV reported. It may take a while before khubd notifies us. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-06-21[PATCH] USB: added support for ASIX 88178 chipset USB Gigabit Ethernet adaptorEduard Warkentin1-0/+4
Add support for detection and dworking with a ASIX 88178 based USB-Gigabit adaptor. With the patch, it is detected and handled correctly by the asix module. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-06-21[PATCH] USB: usbnet, zaurus mtu fixupDavid Brownell1-6/+11
This includes an MTU fixup which could affect larger packets with newer Zaurii, described as http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6286; plus minor whitespace cleanup. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-06-05[PATCH] wireless: move zd1201 where it belongsPavel Machek4-2095/+0
zd1201 is wifi adapter, yet it is hiding in drivers/usb/net where noone can find it. This moves Kconfig/Makefile zd1201 to the right place. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2006-06-05[PATCH] usb wifi: zd1201 cleanupsPavel Machek1-41/+26
Cleanup coding style and other small stuff in zd1201. No real code changes. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2006-05-08[PATCH] USB: pegasus fixes (logstorm, suspend)David Brownell1-5/+15
Teach "pegasus" to handle a few of the disconnect fault paths without hundreds of usless syslog messages. Handle the carrier check workqueue entry even if the driver has not been opened. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-04-14[PATCH] USB: Rename ax8817x_func() to asix_func() and add utility functions to reduce bloatDavid Hollis1-164/+163
Now that the ASIX code is supporting more than just the AX88172 devices, make the utility function names more generic: ax8817x_func -> asix_func. Functions that are chip specific now indicate as such: ax88772_func. Additionally, pull some common routines used in initialization and such into simple functions to reduce the verbosity of certain functions such as the bind() routines and to make the error handling consistent across the board. Signed-off-by: David Hollis <dhollis@davehollis.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-04-14[PATCH] USB: rndis_host whitespace/comment updatesDavid Brownell1-7/+21
This adds a "avoid proprietary protocols" warnoff, identifying several of the known deficiencies in Microsoft's excuse-for-specification, and fixes some whitespace bugs. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-04-14[PATCH] USB: pegasus driver bugfixPetko Manolov1-1/+1
Attached is a patch that fixes nasty bug, which i am afraid was there for a long time. It was spotted by Andre Draszik <kernel@andred.net>. From: Petko Manolov <petkan@nucleusys.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-03-29Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6Jeff Garzik1-1/+1
2006-03-28[PATCH] Typo fixesAlexey Dobriyan1-1/+1
Fix a lot of typos. Eyeballed by jmc@ in OpenBSD. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-27[PATCH] zd1201 wireless stat updateJean Tourrilhes1-1/+1
The "dev->get_wireless_stats" field is deprecated and slowly be surely going away. Most drivers have been updated months ago. Actually, there is an annoying message for driver still using it, but it seems that user of zd1201 were not annoyed enough ;-) Signed-off-by: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2006-03-20[PATCH] USB: rtl8150 small fixPetko Manolov1-1/+3
This one is about announcing the device registration after the last check has been made. From: Petko Manolov <petkan@nucleusys.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-03-20[PATCH] USB: kzalloc() conversion for rest of drivers/usbEric Sesterhenn1-6/+3
Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-03-20[PATCH] USB: Pegasus: Linksys USBVPN1 support + cleanupMalte Doersam2-12/+15
This patch adds a second linksys vendor-id (077b) and the product id of the pegasus based adapter USBVPN1 http://www1.linksys.com/Products/product.asp?prid=3D543&scid=3D30 Furthermore it replaces all LINKSYS_GPIO_RESET with DEFAULT_GPIO_RESET as both are declared like this: #define DEFAULT_GPIO_RESET 0x24 #define LINKSYS_GPIO_RESET 0x24 This is misleading and confusing. The check is now done via the VENDOR_ID in pegasus.c: if (usb_dev_id[pegasus->dev_index].vendor == VENDOR_LINKSYS Signed-off-by: Malte Doersam <mdoersam@arcor.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-31[PATCH] USB: asix - Add device IDs for 0G0 Cable EthernetDavid Hollis1-0/+4
Add device IDs for the 0G0 Cable Ethernet device as reported by Charles Lepple <clepple@gmail.com>. Signed-off-by: David Hollis <dhollis@davehollis.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-04[PATCH] USB: zd1201: make sysfs device symlinkNathan Lynch1-0/+2
Noticed that my zd1201 adapter isn't "seen" by hal and NetworkManager. The problem seems to be that unlike other network device drivers I checked, zd1201 does not do a SET_NETDEV_DEV(), which makes it so a "device" symlink is created under /sys/class/net/wlan0. With the following patch the device symlink shows up, and now I am happily using NetworkManager to control the adapter: $ ls -l /sys/class/net/wlan0 total 0 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 18 13:42 address -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 18 13:42 addr_len -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 18 13:42 broadcast -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 18 13:42 carrier lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 18 13:42 device -> ../../../devices/pci0001:10/0001:10:1b.1/usb4/4-1 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 18 13:42 features Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <ntl@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-04[PATCH] USB: asix.c - Add Linksys USB200M Rev 2 idsDavid Hollis1-0/+4
Attached patch adds device IDs for the Linksys USB200M Rev 2 device which uses the AX88772 chipset. Signed-off-by: David Hollis <dhollis@davehollis.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-04[PATCH] USB: Use ARRAY_SIZE macroTobias Klauser1-4/+4
Use ARRAY_SIZE macro instead of sizeof(x)/sizeof(x[0]) and remove duplicates of ARRAY_SIZE. Some trailing whitespaces are also removed. Patch is compile-tested on i386. Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@nuerscht.ch> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-04[PATCH] USB: remove .owner field from struct usb_driverGreg Kroah-Hartman12-12/+0
It is no longer needed, so let's remove it, saving a bit of memory. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-04[PATCH] USB: usb-net: new device ID passed through module parameterA.YOSHIYAMA1-0/+38
adds new module parameter "devid" that points to a string with format "device_name:vendor_id:device_id:flags". if provided at module load time, this string is being parsed and a new entry is created in usb_dev_id[] and pegasus_ids[] so the new device can later be recognized by the probe routine. this might be helpful for someone who don't know/wish to build new module/kernel, but want to use his new usb-to-eth device that is not yet listed in pegasus.h Signed-off-by: Petko Manolov <petkan@nucleusys.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-04[PATCH] USB: usb-net: removes redundant returnPetko Manolov1-55/+51
removes all redundant collecting of the return value from get/set_registers() and suchlike. can't remember who put all of those some time ago, but they doesn't make any sense to me. where needed only a few references remained; Signed-off-by: Petko Manolov <petkan@nucleusys.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-11-17[PATCH] USB: move CONFIG_USB_DEBUG checks into the MakefileGreg Kroah-Hartman11-29/+4
This lets us remove a lot of code in the drivers that were all checking the same thing. It also found some bugs in a few of the drivers, which has been fixed up. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-17[PATCH] USB: fix race in kaweth disconnectHerbert Xu1-12/+1
this patch from Herbert Xu fixes a race by moving termination of the URBs into close() exclusively. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.name> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-10-28[PATCH] USB: fix correct wording in drivers/usb/net/KConfigKoen Kooi1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Koen Kooi <koen@handhelds.org>
2005-10-28[PATCH] USB: Kaweth.c udelay patchGuillaume GOURAT /1-1/+1
On some arch (like arm) udelay cannot be called with value greater that 2000. Signed-off-by: Guillaume GOURAT / guillaume.gourat@nexvision.fr Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.name>
2005-10-28[PATCH] pegasus.hPetko Manolov1-0/+2
This one is a tiny patch adding one more device to the list. Please apply. :) Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> drivers/usb/net/pegasus.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
2005-10-28[PATCH] usb_interface power stateDavid Brownell2-4/+0
This updates the handling of power state for USB interfaces. - Formalizes an existing invariant: interface "power state" is a boolean: ON when I/O is allowed, and FREEZE otherwise. It does so by defining some inlined helpers, then using them. - Adds a useful invariant: the only interfaces marked active are those bound to non-suspended drivers. Later patches build on this invariant. - Simplifies the interface driver API (and removes some error paths) by removing the requirement that they record power state changes during suspend and resume callbacks. Now usbcore does that. A few drivers were simplified to address that last change. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 33 +++++++++------------ drivers/usb/core/message.c | 1 drivers/usb/core/usb.c | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- drivers/usb/core/usb.h | 18 +++++++++++ drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c | 2 - drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c | 10 ------ drivers/usb/net/pegasus.c | 2 - drivers/usb/net/usbnet.c | 2 - 8 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
2005-10-28[PATCH] USB: disable tasklet if rtl8150 device is removed while active.Greg Kroah-Hartman1-0/+1
This fixes a oops seen in the wild. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-10-28[PATCH] gfp_t: drivers/usbAl Viro9-11/+11
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-22[PATCH] USB: fix pegasus driverKevin Vigor1-9/+20
Addresses some small bugs in the pegasus ethernet-over-USB driver. Specifically, malformed long packets from the adapter could cause a kernel panic; the interrupt interval calculation was inappropriate for high-speed devices; the return code from read_mii_word was tested incorrectly; and failure to unlink outstanding URBs before freeing them could lead to kernel panics when unloading the driver. Signed-off-by: Kevin Vigor <kevin@realmsys.com> Cc: Petko Manolov <petkan@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-08[PATCH] USB: usbnet (9/9) module for pl2301/2302 cablesDavid Brownell4-217/+179
This wraps up the conversion of the "usbnet" driver structure, by moving the Prolific PL-2201/2302 minidriver to a module of its own. It also includes some minor cleanups to the remaining "usbnet" file, notably removing that long changelog at the top. Minor historical note: Linux 2.2 first called the driver for this hardware "plusb". Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-08[PATCH] USB: usbnet (8/9) module for RNDIS devicesDavid Brownell4-8/+630
This adds host-side RNDIS support to the "usbnet" driver, so Linux can talk to various devices (often based on WinCE) that otherwise only Windows could talk to. Tested with little-endian Linux talking to a Linux-USB Ethernet/RNDIS based peripheral. This also includes updates from Eddie C. Dost <ecd@brainaid.de> for big-endian SPARC Linux talking to a Nokia 9500 Communicator. It's still marked as EXPERIMENTAL because this code is so young. This ought to let Linux to work with various cable modems that previously would have been "Windows Only". Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-08[PATCH] USB: usbnet (7/9) module for CDC EthernetDavid Brownell4-421/+537
Makes the CDC Ethernet support live in a separate driver module. This module is a bit special since it exports utility functions that are reused by the the Zaurus and RNDIS drivers, but it's not "core" like usbnet itself. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-08[PATCH] USB: usbnet (6/9) module for Zaurii and compatiblesDavid Brownell5-367/+433
This moves usbnet support for Zaurus and compatibles into its own module. Other than exporting a couple of helper functions, this just involved shuffling some code and updating the comments. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-08[PATCH] USB: usbnet (5/9) module for genesys gl620a cablesDavid Brownell4-359/+418
This moves the GeneSys GL620USB-A support into its own driver file. It also fixes a "return wrong skb" glitch in the rx unbatching, as recently reported, and adds some missing byteswaps in the special "genelink" headers (so it might now work on big-endian Linux). Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-08[PATCH] USB: usbnet (4/9) module for net1080 cablesDavid Brownell4-580/+632
As with the "cdc_subset" and "asix" drivers, this just moves the net1080 support into its one driver module. In this case there's a small bit of extra cleanup involved, moving some funky framing logic into the tx_fixup() routine (resolving a long overdue FIXME). Minor historical note: "usbnet" started out as "net1080", then got generalized to make it easier for other network drivers to reuse the urb queueing and fault management code here. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-08[PATCH] USB: usbnet (3/9) module for ASIX Ethernet adaptersDavid Brownell5-896/+1010
This patch moves the ASIX AX8817x driver into its own file, just using the "usbnet" infrastructure as a utility library. - As with "cdc_subset" this involved minor Kconfig/kbuild tweaks, moving code from one file to another, and exporting a few functions. - This includes updates from Jamie Painter to add (and use) a new hook to handle the different maximum transfer sizes for rx and tx sides. - Also from Jamie, some bugfixes: * MDIO byteorder (to address some PPC media negotiation problems); * Force alignment at key spots when using ax88772 framing (on some embedded hardware, the network stack will break otherwise); * Address some link reset problems. It also makes this driver use the standard (5 seconds vs half second) control timeouts used elsewhere in USB; and wraps a few lines before the 80th column (which previously needed it). Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-08[PATCH] USB: usbnet (2/9) module for simple network linksDavid Brownell5-285/+429
This patch creates the first of several separate "minidriver" modules for "usbnet". This one handles only the very simplest hardware, which can be handled almost entirely by the "usbnet" core. - Move device-specific bits into new "cdc_subset.c" driver, shrinking "usbnet" by a bunch; - Export the functions needed to support this minidriver (with EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL); - Update Kconfig and kbuild accordingly. This one handles about a dozen different device types, with the most notable ones being Gumstix and most Linux-based PDAs (except Zaurus running that ancient code from Sharp). Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-08[PATCH] USB: usbnet (1/9) clean up framingDavid Brownell3-200/+240
This starts to prepare the core of "usbnet" to know less about various framing protocols that map Ethernet packets onto USB, so "minidrivers" can be modules that just plug into the core. - Remove some framing-specific code that cluttered the core: * net->hard_header_len records how much space to preallocate; now drivers that add their own framing (Net1080, GeneLink, Zaurus, and RNDIS) will have smoother TX paths. Even for the drivers (Zaurus, Net1080) that need trailers. * defines new dev->hard_mtu, using this "hardware" limit to check changes to the link's settable "software" mtu. * now net->hard_header_len and dev->hard_mtu are set up in the driver bind() routines, if needed. - Transaction ID is no longer specific to the Net1080 framing; RNDIS needs one too. - Creates a new "usbnet.h" header with declarations that are shared between the core and what will be separate modules. - Plus a couple other minor tweaks, like recognizing -ESHUTDOWN means the keventd work should just shut itself down asap. The core code is only about 1/3 of this large file. Splitting out the minidrivers into separate modules (e.g. ones for ASIX adapters, Zaurii and similar, CDC Ethernet, etc), in later patches, will improve maintainability and shrink typical runtime footprints. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-08[PATCH] USB: URB_ASYNC_UNLINK flag removed from the kernelAlan Stern6-8/+0
29 July 2005, Cambridge, MA: This afternoon Alan Stern submitted a patch to remove the URB_ASYNC_UNLINK flag from the Linux kernel. Mr. Stern explained, "This flag is a relic from an earlier, less-well-designed system. For over a year it hasn't been used for anything other than printing warning messages." An anonymous spokesman for the Linux kernel development community commented, "This is exactly the sort of thing we see happening all the time. As the kernel evolves, support for old techniques and old code can be jettisoned and replaced by newer, better approaches. Proprietary operating systems do not have the freedom or flexibility to change so quickly." Mr. Stern, a staff member at Harvard University's Rowland Institute who works on Linux only as a hobby, noted that the patch (labelled as548) did not update two files, keyspan.c and option.c, in the USB drivers' "serial" subdirectory. "Those files need more extensive changes," he remarked. "They examine the status field of several URBs at times when they're not supposed to. That will need to be fixed before the URB_ASYNC_UNLINK flag is removed." Greg Kroah-Hartman, the kernel maintainer responsible for overseeing all of Linux's USB drivers, did not respond to our inquiries or return our calls. His only comment was "Applied, thanks." Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-08[PATCH] USB: usbnet and unsigned gfp_flagsdavid-b@pacbell.net1-6/+6
This just fixes some gfp flags warnings that joined us recently. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-01/spare/repo/netdev-2.6 branch 'master'Jeff Garzik1-11/+10