[PATCH 1/5] drm/usb: add a busid implementation

Sascha Hauer s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Mon Feb 20 10:12:00 PST 2012


Hi Dave,

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 04:13:45PM +0000, Dave Airlie wrote:
> From: Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com>
> 
> This adds an implementation for the busid callback so userspace can distinguish
> usb devices better.

Is it really worth it to add such an interface from the old days for new
drivers? I would assume that userspace has better ways to distinguish
devices thanks to sysfs.

Just my 2 cents. If there are good reasons to do so I'm interested in
the reasons.

Thanks
 Sascha

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