Messages in this thread | | | From | Duncan Sands <> | Subject | Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] usbmon: add binary interface | Date | Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:17:52 +0200 |
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On Wednesday 11 October 2006 22:43, Pete Zaitcev wrote: > On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:44:43 +0000, Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> wrote: > > > Does it mean text interface is now deprecated? Or perhaps ioctl should > > be added to text interface too? Or maybe we do not need binary > > interface if we allow resizing on text interface? > > I haven't reviewed Paolo's patch yet, but with that in mind: > - No, text is not deprecated yet. That is only possible when a simplified > command-line tool is written and distributed (e.g. usbmon(8)). > - No, I do not think an ioctl in debugfs or a text API is a good idea. > - Resizing on text interface magnifies sprintf contribution to CPU burn, > so once we have the binary one, there's only disadvantage and > no advantage in implementing that.
By the way, any reason why CONFIG_USB_MON doesn't select CONFIG_DEBUG_FS? Is usbmon useful without debugfs?
Ciao,
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