Re: Is libusb dead?

Greg KH <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usb.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 11:50:09AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007, Sarah Bailey wrote:
> 
> > usbfs2 will have asynchronous support for bulk, interrupt, and
> > isochronous transfers.  It will also represent USB devices as several
> > endpoint files in /dev that drivers can read and write to.  The project
> > page for this is http://wiki.cs.pdx.edu/usb/usbfs2.html
> 
> Something I've meant to ask for a while...  What about things that apply
> to an entire interface or device, as opposed to a single endpoint?
> 
> In addition to sending or cancelling URBs, usbfs allows users to:
> 
> 	Issue a USB port reset to the device;
> 
> 	Find out the name of the driver bound to an interface;

Use sysfs

> 	Unbind a kernel driver from an interface;

Use sysfs

> 	Find out the device's address and speed (although it doesn't
> 	distinguish between full and high);

Use sysfs

> 	Change the altsetting for an interface;

Use sysfs

> 	Change the device configuration;

Use sysfs

> 	Claim (bind usbfs to) an interface;

Use sysfs

> 	Release (unbind usbfs from) an interface.

Use sysfs

Let's not have a lot of duplication if we can help it :)

thanks,

greg k-h

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