Re: [coldsync-hackers] Patch: Palm m50x USB support (Linux)

["Justin C. Ferguson" <jferg-coldsync-hackers@lusars.net>]

> > The Palm m50x USB cradle works quite differently from the Visor
> > USB cradle: there is no SLP / PADP protocol running on the
> > serial pipe, instead the NetSync protocol is used. Or at least,
> > this is how the Windows software configures the USB cradle (we
> > are never sure of what the USB cradle can do until we get a
> > Palm spec).
> 
> 	I've glanced at the patch, and it looks pretty good to me
> (yes, I do read patches. I hope that wasn't news to anyone). The one
> thing I don't like is the name "usb_m50x", since that's tied to a
> particular model which will inevitably become obsolete[1].

	I'd say that depends on how often Palm decides to change their 
protocols.  If they do changes often enough, which remains to be seen, it
is highly possible that it would make sense to have a seperate driver for
each model, and could be a lot less confusing than remembering that 
"usb_simple" corresponds to a Palm 50x, "usb" corresponds to a visor, etc,
etc.

								JF

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