Messages in this thread | | | From | "Khimenko Victor" <> | Date | Fri, 8 Oct 1999 01:25:29 +0400 (MSD) | Subject | Re: [linux-usb] Re: USB device allocation (fwd) |
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In <19991006193104.L25989@sventech.com> Johannes Erdfelt (jerdfelt@sventech.com) wrote:
>> That could be a problem. Tho that's a problem with almost all of the >> discussed options for USB device allocation. >> >> First, are there any USB-specific ioctl's? If there are, then we need to >> figure out how to handle those, regarldess of how we assign device >> numbers (my method, statically, or devfs). Suggestions? The first one >> that comes to mind is that the USB-specific ioctls could only operate on >> /proc, or that they are given numerical assignments which are unassigned >> to other ioctl's for most all devices.
> This is how it operates now. /proc/bus/usb/dev has all of the USB > devices. You open and use ioctl to send raw commands to the device.
> The problem with it now is permissions. I want to send raw commands to > my USB camera. There's no reason for a kernel driver. However, you can > change permissions on /proc files and keep it persistant.
To me it look like reincarnation of devfs under /proc :-(( Why not use real thing ?
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