On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Takanori Watanabe wrote:

> In message <pine.bsf.4.05.9904190929070.85882-100...@herring.nlsystems.com>, 
> Do
> ug Rabson wrote:
> >On Mon, 19 Apr 1999 takaw...@shidahara1.planet.sci.kobe-u.ac.jp wrote:
> >> Simple Question.
> >> If there were 'Closed'-Host-Controller-Interface with object-only driver,
> >> Can the vendor make the Host controller  recognized without changing 
> >> usb.c code?
> >> 
> >> #That's what frustrated me while writing driver for smbus controller.
> >
> >It really depends on the nature of the bus. For plug-and-play style busses
> >such as USB and PCI, the controller can decide what devices exist without
> >the help of drivers and can then uniquely match them with the right
> >driver.  This trivially allows drivers to be added after the system is
> >running.
> 
> I don't mention on upstream driver such as 'ukbd' 
> (I think such device can be add truly dynamic),but I mention on 
> 'host-controller' like [ou]hci. 
> 
> What I ask is what shall I do if there is a downstream driver without 
> declared DRIVER_MODULE on upstream bus.Are there any way without changing 
> upstream bus code?

I don't think I understand. The DRIVER_MODULE declaration goes in the
downstream driver, not the upstream bus. The bus doesn't need any
knowledge of what drivers might be attached to it.

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Doug Rabson                             Mail:  d...@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.                  Phone: +44 181 442 9037




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