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Alan Stern b375a0495f [PATCH] USB: URB_ASYNC_UNLINK flag removed from the kernel 
29 July 2005, Cambridge, MA:

This afternoon Alan Stern submitted a patch to remove the URB_ASYNC_UNLINK
flag from the Linux kernel.  Mr. Stern explained, "This flag is a relic
from an earlier, less-well-designed system.  For over a year it hasn't
been used for anything other than printing warning messages."

An anonymous spokesman for the Linux kernel development community
commented, "This is exactly the sort of thing we see happening all the
time.  As the kernel evolves, support for old techniques and old code can
be jettisoned and replaced by newer, better approaches.  Proprietary
operating systems do not have the freedom or flexibility to change so
quickly."

Mr. Stern, a staff member at Harvard University's Rowland Institute who
works on Linux only as a hobby, noted that the patch (labelled as548) did
not update two files, keyspan.c and option.c, in the USB drivers' "serial"
subdirectory.  "Those files need more extensive changes," he remarked.
"They examine the status field of several URBs at times when they're not
supposed to.  That will need to be fixed before the URB_ASYNC_UNLINK flag
is removed."

Greg Kroah-Hartman, the kernel maintainer responsible for overseeing all
of Linux's USB drivers, did not respond to our inquiries or return our
calls.  His only comment was "Applied, thanks."

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-08 16:23:04 -07:00
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appletalk
arcnet [ARCNET]: Fix return value from arcnet_send_packet(). 2005-09-06 19:54:48 -07:00
arm
bonding [NET]: Kill skb->real_dev 2005-08-29 15:32:25 -07:00
chelsio [PATCH] (1/7) chelsio sparse annotations 2005-09-05 17:57:22 -04:00
cris
e1000 [PATCH] (2/7) iomem annotations (e1000) 2005-09-05 17:57:23 -04:00
fec_8xx
hamradio [NET]: Kill skb->real_dev 2005-08-29 15:32:25 -07:00
ibm_emac [PATCH] bogus iounmap() in emac 2005-08-26 16:30:30 -07:00
irda [PATCH] USB: URB_ASYNC_UNLINK flag removed from the kernel 2005-09-08 16:23:04 -07:00
ixgb [PATCH] ixgb: Driver version, white space, comments 2005-08-11 17:09:25 -04:00
pcmcia [PATCH] network: fix fmvj18x_cs multicast code 2005-08-19 03:11:38 -04:00
phy [PATCH] Kconfig fix (PHYLIB vs. s390) 2005-09-05 18:12:08 -04:00
sk98lin
skfp
tokenring Merge upstream into 'upstream' branch of netdev-2.6.git. 2005-08-24 01:03:34 -04:00
tulip [PATCH] (4/7) missing include (uli526x) 2005-09-05 17:57:23 -04:00
wan [kernel-doc] fix various DocBook build problems/warnings 2005-09-07 01:15:17 -04:00
wireless [wireless ieee80211,ipw2200] Lindent source code 2005-09-07 00:48:31 -04:00
3c59x.c [PATCH] 3c59x: read current link status from phy 2005-09-07 16:57:30 -07:00
3c501.c
3c501.h
3c503.c
3c503.h
3c505.c
3c505.h
3c507.c
3c509.c
3c515.c
3c523.c
3c523.h
3c527.c
3c527.h
7990.c
7990.h
8139cp.c [PATCH] 8139cp - redetect link after suspend 2005-08-18 16:59:14 -04:00
8139too.c
8390.c
8390.h
82596.c
a2065.c
a2065.h
ac3200.c [PATCH] iomem annotations (ac3200.c) 2005-09-06 22:17:12 -04:00
acenic_firmware.h
acenic.c
acenic.h
amd8111e.c
amd8111e.h
apne.c
ariadne.c
ariadne.h
at1700.c
atari_bionet.c
atari_pamsnet.c
atarilance.c [PATCH] lvalues abuse in lance 2005-09-06 22:47:00 -04:00
atp.c
atp.h
au1000_eth.c
au1000_eth.h
b44.c
b44.h
bmac.c
bmac.h
bnx2_fw.h
bnx2.c [PATCH] swsusp: fix remaining u32 vs. pm_message_t confusion 2005-09-05 00:06:15 -07:00
bnx2.h [BNX2]: remove atomics in tx 2005-08-29 16:10:38 -07:00
bsd_comp.c
cs89x0.c
cs89x0.h
de600.c
de600.h
de620.c
de620.h
declance.c
defxx.c
defxx.h
depca.c
depca.h
dgrs_asstruct.h
dgrs_bcomm.h
dgrs_es4h.h
dgrs_ether.h
dgrs_firmware.c
dgrs_i82596.h
dgrs_plx9060.h
dgrs.c
dgrs.h
dl2k.c
dl2k.h
dm9000.c [PATCH] missed s/u32/pm_message_t/ (dm9000) 2005-09-06 22:17:12 -04:00
dm9000.h
dummy.c
e100.c [PATCH] e100: Driver version, white space, comments & other 2005-08-25 16:18:33 -04:00
e2100.c
eepro100.c [netdrvr eepro100] check for skb==NULL before calling rx_align(skb) 2005-08-19 03:52:49 -04:00
eepro.c
eexpress.c
eexpress.h
epic100.c
eql.c
es3210.c
eth16i.c
ewrk3.c
ewrk3.h
fealnx.c
fec.c
fec.h
forcedeth.c [PATCH] __user annotations (forcedeth.c) 2005-09-06 22:17:12 -04:00
gianfar_ethtool.c
gianfar_phy.c
gianfar_phy.h
gianfar.c
gianfar.h
gt64240eth.h
gt96100eth.c
gt96100eth.h
hamachi.c [PATCH] -Wundef fixes (hamachi) 2005-09-07 17:17:33 -07:00
hp100.c
hp100.h
hp-plus.c
hp.c
hplance.c
hplance.h
hydra.c
hydra.h
ibmlana.c
ibmlana.h
ibmveth.c [PATCH] Make MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE work for vio devices 2005-08-30 13:31:56 +10:00
ibmveth.h
ioc3-eth.c [PATCH] IOC3 fixes 2005-08-18 16:59:14 -04:00
isa-skeleton.c
iseries_veth.c [PATCH] iseries_veth: Update copyright notice 2005-09-06 22:17:12 -04:00
jazzsonic.c [PATCH] macsonic/jazzsonic network drivers update 2005-08-23 01:32:12 -04:00
Kconfig [PATCH] net: add driver for the NIC on Cell Blades 2005-09-06 22:17:49 -04:00
lance.c
lasi_82596.c
LICENSE.SRC
lne390.c
loopback.c Merge /spare/repo/linux-2.6/ 2005-08-18 22:14:39 -04:00
lp486e.c
mac89x0.c
mac8390.c
mace.c
mace.h
macmace.c
macsonic.c [PATCH] macsonic/jazzsonic network drivers update 2005-08-23 01:32:12 -04:00
Makefile [PATCH] net: add driver for the NIC on Cell Blades 2005-09-06 22:17:49 -04:00
meth.c
meth.h
mii.c
mv643xx_eth.c [PATCH] mv643xx: add netpoll api support 2005-09-05 18:08:30 -04:00
mv643xx_eth.h [PATCH] mv643xx: Fix promiscuous mode handling 2005-09-05 18:08:30 -04:00
mvme147.c
myri_code.h
myri_sbus.c
myri_sbus.h
natsemi.c
ne2.c
ne2k-pci.c
ne3210.c [PATCH] drivers/net/ne3210.c: cleanups 2005-09-05 18:02:31 -04:00
ne-h8300.c
ne.c
netconsole.c
ni52.c
ni52.h
ni65.c
ni65.h
ni5010.c
ni5010.h
ns83820.c
oaknet.c
pci-skeleton.c
pcnet32.c
plip.c
ppp_async.c
ppp_deflate.c
ppp_generic.c [NET]: Remove explicit initializations of skb->input_dev 2005-08-29 15:33:26 -07:00
ppp_synctty.c
pppoe.c [NET]: Kill skb->real_dev 2005-08-29 15:32:25 -07:00
pppox.c
r8169.c [PATCH] r8169: avoid conflict between revisions 2 and 3 of the Linksys EG1032 2005-08-27 04:41:01 -04:00
rrunner.c [NET]: Remove HIPPI private from skbuff.h 2005-08-29 15:31:42 -07:00
rrunner.h
s2io-regs.h [PATCH] S2io: Hardware and miscellaneous fixes 2005-09-06 22:12:57 -04:00
s2io.c Merge branch 'upstream' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6 2005-09-07 17:22:43 -07:00
s2io.h [PATCH] S2io: Hardware and miscellaneous fixes 2005-09-06 22:12:57 -04:00
saa9730.c
saa9730.h
sb1000.c
sb1250-mac.c
seeq8005.c
seeq8005.h
sgiseeq.c
sgiseeq.h
shaper.c [NET]: Kill skb->list 2005-08-29 15:31:14 -07:00
sis190.c [PATCH] sis190: basic sis191 support 2005-09-05 18:06:53 -04:00
sis900.c
sis900.h
sk_mca.c
sk_mca.h
skge.c [PATCH] r8169: avoid conflict between revisions 2 and 3 of the Linksys EG1032 2005-08-27 04:41:01 -04:00
skge.h [PATCH] skge: fibre vs copper detection cleanup 2005-08-16 17:03:13 -04:00
slhc.c
slip.c
slip.h
smc91x.c
smc91x.h [PATCH] bogus #if (smc91x.h) 2005-09-07 17:17:34 -07:00
smc9194.c
smc9194.h
smc-mca.c
smc-ultra32.c
smc-ultra.c [PATCH] missing include in smc-ultra 2005-08-29 10:42:40 -07:00
sonic.c [PATCH] macsonic/jazzsonic network drivers update 2005-08-23 01:32:12 -04:00
sonic.h [PATCH] macsonic/jazzsonic network drivers update 2005-08-23 01:32:12 -04:00
Space.c [PATCH] macsonic/jazzsonic network drivers update 2005-08-23 01:32:12 -04:00
spider_net_ethtool.c [PATCH] net: fix bonding with spider_net 2005-09-06 22:35:30 -04:00
spider_net.c [PATCH] net: fix bonding with spider_net 2005-09-06 22:35:30 -04:00
spider_net.h [PATCH] net: add driver for the NIC on Cell Blades 2005-09-06 22:17:49 -04:00
starfire_firmware.h
starfire_firmware.pl
starfire.c
stnic.c
sun3_82586.c
sun3_82586.h
sun3lance.c [PATCH] lvalues abuse in lance 2005-09-06 22:47:00 -04:00
sunbmac.c
sunbmac.h
sundance.c
sungem_phy.c
sungem_phy.h
sungem.c [SUNGEM]: Fix netpoll bug in Sun GEM Ether driver 2005-09-01 17:41:07 -07:00
sungem.h [SUNGEM]: fix minor bug in sungem.h 2005-09-01 17:40:46 -07:00
sunhme.c
sunhme.h
sunlance.c
sunqe.c
sunqe.h
tc35815.c
tg3.c [TG3]: Update driver version and release date. 2005-09-05 17:56:11 -07:00
tg3.h [TG3]: Add indirect register method for 5703 behind ICH 2005-08-29 15:50:42 -07:00
tlan.c
tlan.h
tun.c [TUNTAP]: Allow setting the linktype of the tap device from userspace 2005-09-01 17:40:05 -07:00
typhoon-firmware.h
typhoon.c
typhoon.h
via-rhine.c
via-velocity.c
via-velocity.h
wd.c
yellowfin.c
znet.c
zorro8390.c