Re: [git patch] move USB net drivers to drivers/net

[Duncan Sands <duncan.sands@free.fr>]

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 <jeff@garzik.org>
> > 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.