[PATCH] staging: most: core: add autoconf ability

Greg KH gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Thu Apr 20 15:26:02 UTC 2017


On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 05:01:49PM +0200, Christian Gromm wrote:
> This patch extends the driver with the possibility of automatic
> configuration. This covers channel settings and connection establishing of
> a MOST device interface while it is registered with the core.
> 
> Making use of auto configuration will significantly cut the start-up
> overhead and the duration until the driver is available in userspace.
> Since the configuration depends on the type of network interface controller
> its setup and the peripheral interface, it can _not_ be part of the kernel
> and needs to be added once the system has been engineered.

I don't understand, what is using this new api you have added?  What is
missing here?

thanks,

greg k-h


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