From fbb8c745ec20fd9e6ba9af56dabab987c765263c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bjørn Mork Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 09:58:42 +0100 Subject: USB: storage: in-kernel modeswitching is deprecated MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Acked-by: Matthew Dharm Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers') diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h b/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h index 72923b56bbf6..731c1d75716d 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h +++ b/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h @@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ * 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 -- cgit v1.2.3