Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:51:46 +0200 (CEST) | From | Bodo Eggert <> | Subject | Re: [linux-usb-devel] [RFC] USB: driver for iphone charging |
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On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 12:51:19PM +0200, Bodo Eggert wrote: > > Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> > > my berry_charge code that adds support for charging the iphone when it > > > is plugged into a Linux machine. > > > > This should be a runtime option, because you may want to build a non-module > > kernel and not charge the phone while running your laptop on battery. > > Then just don't build this module if you are creating such a kernel :) > > Same thing goes for the existing blackberry charge driver too...
So I have to reboot if I want to charge my (blackberry|iphone) on my laptop?
Even if you say installing 850 KB of software (modutils) in order to toggle charging an iphone is sane, having to (un)load a module is not user-friendly.
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