Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Sep 2002 16:11:12 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: 2.5.26 hotplug failure |
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On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 01:42:50PM -0700, David Brownell wrote: > > Actually it does more than that ... it tells you what minor numbers > are assigned to the drivers _currently loaded_ which means that it's > not really useful the instant someone plugs in another device.
Wait, I'm confused, which one is "it"? The old /proc/bus/usb/drivers file, or the new driverfs stuff?
> You can't use it to allocate numbers or tell what /dev/file/name matches > a given device ... so what is its value, other than providing a limited > minor number counterpart to /proc/devices? (Which, confusingly, doesn't > list devices but major numbers.)
I'm working on adding the minor number info to the usb driverfs code right now, so that info will be available.
thanks,
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