On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Wolfgang Mües wrote: > Hello, > > On Wednesday 14 January 2004 23:10, Alan Stern wrote: > > > Now a more interesting item, not yet entirely certain: > > > > struct usb_device->serialize will become a read-write semaphore. > > > > Also, a driver is guaranteed that the semaphore will be held when its > > probe() and disconnect() routines are called. > > > > In general, a driver can acquire the serialize semaphore whenever it wants > > to block one of the functions above temporarily. > > Will there be function calls / macros for this semaphore handling? > So that you can change implementation without breaking interface?
I'd prefer to leave that up to other people. It's such a small thing, and for some time there won't be too many places where it is used outside the core. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
