From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754588AbYAXKFa (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:05:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753267AbYAXKFV (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:05:21 -0500 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.181]:60711 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752321AbYAXKFU (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:05:20 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=LPfutfZuQOkNNIpkL2CmCRDY5Z0C5hNX3TZDTKjSoMeG5nsrmZ7hn1k0aAFxbhrN04jMC02NYwZiqYiEmnN+BBOSzX9B33pt0B6M0CYf1q0gYfwF7ciubYICmNSHATN/XRuONaCWHbaLvQMEVZUpAXwqP7lN5UyQ+UiNs7ljUXw= Message-ID: <6c4c86470801240205u5361e090jc057270b03b5ebe7@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:05:18 +0100 From: "Wilco Beekhuizen" To: "Greg KH" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Missing usb_find_device symbol from usb.c Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20080124013720.GA21978@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <6c4c86470801221118x530ee074qedb1da5eac1ca473@mail.gmail.com> <20080124013720.GA21978@kroah.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 2008/1/24, Greg KH : > On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 08:18:32PM +0100, Wilco Beekhuizen wrote: > > 2.6.24-rc8 (possibly lower rc's too) has usb_find_device removed from > > usb.c. This causes problems when compiling modules that need > > usb_find_device. > > This patch puts the symbol back in place. Unless someone has a good > > reason not to include usb_find_device? > > I don't see any users in the kernel tree of this function that can be > built as a module. > > Do you know of any external modules that need it? Any pointers to the > code anywhere? > > thanks, > > greg k-h > Well I need it for my iriver mp3 player. This driver currently resides here: http://www.init0.nl/iriver.php Most code is pretty ancient, I just manage it so it compiles with recent kernels. Is there somehting exported that is similar to usb_find_device? Wilco