On 03/12/2012 03:28 PM, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Mar 2012, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
>
>> This is now replaced by the new ssb USB driver, which also supports
>> devices with an EHCI controller.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
>> ---
>> drivers/usb/host/Kconfig | 13 --
>> drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c | 21 +----
>> drivers/usb/host/ohci-ssb.c | 260
>> -------------------------------------------
>> 3 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 293 deletions(-)
>> delete mode 100644 drivers/usb/host/ohci-ssb.c
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig
>> index eab27d5..665fb89 100644
>> --- a/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig
>> @@ -360,19 +360,6 @@ config USB_OHCI_HCD_PCI
>> Enables support for PCI-bus plug-in USB controller cards.
>> If unsure, say Y.
>>
>> -config USB_OHCI_HCD_SSB
>> - bool "OHCI support for Broadcom SSB OHCI core"
>> - depends on USB_OHCI_HCD && (SSB = y || SSB = USB_OHCI_HCD) &&
>> EXPERIMENTAL
>> - default n
>> - ---help---
>> - Support for the Sonics Silicon Backplane (SSB) attached
>> - Broadcom USB OHCI core.
>> -
>> - This device is present in some embedded devices with
>> - Broadcom based SSB bus.
>> -
>> - If unsure, say N.
>> -
>
> I don't like the idea of removing this section entirely. It will leave
> people wondering what happened to their driver.
>
> Instead, for the next few kernel releases, how about leaving this
> section in place and causing it to select USB_OHCI_HCD_PLATFORM? Maybe
> also add a line to the help section explaining that from now on, this
> driver has been replaced by the generic OHCI platform driver.
>
> And likewise for the SSB EHCI driver, of course.
That sounds good, I will change that.
Hauke
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