libusual interface [was Re: libusual and ub]

Bill Nottingham notting at redhat.com
Mon Dec 19 16:40:58 UTC 2005


Pete Zaitcev (zaitcev at redhat.com) said: 
> On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 02:21:50 -0500, Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > I mean separate the aliases *into the base drivers themselves* - not
> > using libusual at all. i.e., a given usb id only matches one of
> > usb-storage or ub.
> 
> Nothing new in this approach either. This is how ub worked way before
> libusual, and before Adrian Bunk broke it. The problem is, users require
> a capability to switch between drivers. And we cannot predict which one
> they want to use for any given device.

*Why* do they need the capability? Users *should not care* which
driver they use - if they do, one of them needs fixed.

Bill




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