Re: How to write a user-space application for usb_skeleton?

Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Donnerstag 02 August 2007 schrieb Thaens Tim:
>> I've compiled the usb_skeleton.c module and loaded this module.
>> I've managed to open a USB-device, but that's it.
>>
>> How can I write a application that uses this module?
>> Can I only use the file-operations like (owner, read, write, open and
>> release)?
> 
> Yes.

Or you can instead use libusb. That allows you do most of the things you can
do from a driver, but instead from userspace.

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