From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2F8F5480 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2016 21:23:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com (out5-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9A73B157 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2016 21:23:01 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 17:23:10 -0400 From: Greg KH To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Message-ID: <20161028212310.GA25668@kroah.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Cc: Jiri Kosina , Mark Brown , ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] Schedule slot suggestion- Generic drivers - core topic List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 02:16:59PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > Having some generic device driver load, prior to a specific driver, > and issues / maintenance issues that come with the hacks currently in > place to support this / re-invent the wheel to support this per > subsystem. We have hacks for this today? What do you mean by this, quirks? People have been talking about this since the 2.4 days, but I have yet to see any code for it. I'd love to see something be proposed, with code, but note, you need to be aware of why it's been only talked about for that long without any code being written :) Why can't this be done in email? thanks, greg k-h