[PATCH] totally untested attachment of device nodes to usb devices

[Grant Likely]

On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 3:09 AM, Thomas Abraham
<thomas.abraham at linaro.org> wrote:
> Hi Grant,
>
> On 5 November 2011 00:50, Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca> wrote:
>> Proof of concept, needs to be made compilable and add the unwind path
>> on error and remove.
>>
>> Bodged-together-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>
>
> Is there is reason to include device nodes in dts file for usb devices
> that are attached to a usb host? What additional information would
> such nodes include apart from the device information obtained during
> enumeration?

There are cases where soldered down USB devices on the mainboard will
have additional connections that cannot be discovered by the driver.
GPIOs for instance, or an Ethernet device that needs to be assigned a
MAC address.

g.