USB: storage: in-kernel modeswitching is deprecated
authorBjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>
Tue, 5 Mar 2013 08:58:42 +0000 (09:58 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 7 Mar 2013 04:23:17 +0000 (12:23 +0800)
Acked-by: Matthew Dharm <mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net>
Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h

index 72923b56bbf6b871a6da926168d43cf8db3e6383..731c1d75716d0ccf12e86872e591d1412b02145c 100644 (file)
  * as opposed to devices that do something strangely or wrongly.
  */
 
+/* In-kernel mode switching is deprecated.  Do not add new devices to
+ * this list for the sole purpose of switching them to a different
+ * mode.  Existing userspace solutions are superior.
+ *
+ * New mode switching devices should instead be added to the database
+ * maintained at http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/
+ */
+
 #if !defined(CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR09) && \
                !defined(CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR09_MODULE)
 #define NO_SDDR09