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Subject: Re: svn commit: r184610 - in head: lib/libusb20 share/man/man4
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 sys/dev/usb2/controller sys/dev/usb2/core sys/dev/usb2/ethernet
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In message: <864p2l5hf1.fsf@ds4.des.no>
            Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> writes:
: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> writes:
: > Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> writes:
: > > It looks like whoever wrote this went out of their way to find ne=
w and
: > > creative ways to break just about every style rule we have.
: > Not just coding style, but also style of /dev entries, the modules
: > style, etc.
: =

: So the question is, why was this code imported at all?

Because it is useful.  The current usb stack is in disrepair and
people thought it could be fixed up after the import.  This is an
experiment, one that may well fail, to see if that's the case.

Warner