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Greg KH wrote:
> I'm still not convinced that we need to add this kind of complexity to
> the driver core, instead of just letting the individual driver
> subsystems do this, if they want to do it.
> 
> Especially as no subsystem wants to do this today :)

Yes, it should first be shown (with subsystem conversions and runtime
tests with, say, at least two different bus architectures) that features
like this really are appropriately implemented as a driver core abstraction.

I would lend a hand to put this to test, but I won't do this anymore
with the old ieee1394 subsystem, and work on the new firewire subsystem
will be focused on stabilization and feature completion in the short to
mid term.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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