From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 31 May 2002 11:07:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 31 May 2002 11:07:45 -0400 Received: from ns1.alcove-solutions.com ([212.155.209.139]:54422 "EHLO smtp-out.fr.alcove.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 31 May 2002 11:07:45 -0400 Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 17:07:40 +0200 From: Stelian Pop To: David Woodhouse Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: USB host drivers test results (2.5.19) and problem. Message-ID: <20020531150740.GG8310@come.alcove-fr> Reply-To: Stelian Pop Mail-Followup-To: Stelian Pop , David Woodhouse , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20020531133429.GF8310@come.alcove-fr> <21481.1022856842@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 03:54:02PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > > 1. Shouldn't the ehci/ohci drivers give some error on loading, since > > I obviously don't have the hardware ? > > How do they know that? You could have it in your hand and be just about to > insert it. PCI hotplug ? I fergot about that one... However, maybe even a hotplug aware driver should print out a message upon initialization telling 'no hardware found'... It could be useful when you want to know the difference between: * bad driver, use another one * good driver, but doesn't recognize/init the hardware because it's buggy. Stelian. -- Stelian Pop Alcove - http://www.alcove.com