On Thursday 10 May 2007 14:12:47 Indan Zupancic wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Thu, May 10, 2007 03:38, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >
> > This was ACK'd by Greg, as you see in the sign-offs. See the commit
> > below for rationale.
> >
> > USB is now treated like other buses, for network drivers:
> > * USB network driver patches should go to me and netdev
> > * Just like in PCI or PCMCIA land, bus-specific code may
> > originate from the USB side of the house (Greg's tree).
> >
> >
> >
> > Please pull from 'usb-move' branch of
> > master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6.git usb-move
> >
> > to receive the following update:
> >
> >
> > commit 5b2fc499917e5897a13add780e181b4cef197072
> > Author: Jeff Garzik <[email protected]>
> > Date: Wed May 9 21:31:55 2007 -0400
> >
> > Move USB network drivers to drivers/net/usb.
> >
> > It is preferable to group drivers by usage (net, scsi, ATA, ...) than
> > by bus. When reviewing drivers, the [PCI|USB|PCMCIA|...] maintainer
> > is probably less qualified on networking issues than a networking
> > maintainer. Also, from a practical standpoint, chips often
> > appear on multiple buses, which is why we do not put drivers into
> > drivers/pci/net.
>
> What about drivers/usb/atm/?
I don't mind if it moves to drivers/atm/, though I don't see the point of it.
Best wishes,
Duncan.
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