Messages in this thread | | | From | Kay Sievers <> | Date | Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:45:33 +0200 | Subject | Re: usbutils 0.81 release |
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On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 01:38, Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 14:30, Greg KH wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 02:17:12PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: >>> >> find being able to run `usbmodules` pretty useful ... i wrote a script >>> >> for fun: >>> >> http://sources.gentoo.org/sys-apps/usbutils/files/usbmodules.sh >>> > >>> > Did that work on any 2.6 kernel? >>> >>> it's the only version ive tested it with ... but it doesnt parse any >>> kernel module directly, it reads the generated modules.usbmap file >>> >>> > There's no reason we can't add "-k" support to lsusb like lspci has to >>> > show the modules assigned to different devices. >>> >>> the method i posted above only needs the module to be compiled, not loaded >> >> As the map files are depreciated, I wouldn't continue to rely on it, it >> will break in the future when the kernel stops generating those files. > > guess i'll have to rewrite it to parse the .ko modules directly like > the usbmap is generated now
Can't you use the modules.aliases file? That should stay around and there should be the same information contained.
Kay
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