2012-05-28 12:37:46

by Ezequiel Garcia

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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] USB: remove CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS

Hi Greg,

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<[email protected]> wrote:
> This option has been deprecated for many years now, and no userspace
> tools use it anymore, so it should be safe to finally remove it.
>

Does this mean usbview will be completely deprecated?
Do you think is it possible to write an update for it?

It was a little more helpful for me than lsusb. (Is it just me?)

Thanks,
Ezequiel.


2012-05-28 13:54:44

by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] USB: remove CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 09:37:44AM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > This option has been deprecated for many years now, and no userspace
> > tools use it anymore, so it should be safe to finally remove it.
> >
>
> Does this mean usbview will be completely deprecated?
> Do you think is it possible to write an update for it?

It works just fine if you point usbview at
/sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices, right?

> It was a little more helpful for me than lsusb. (Is it just me?)

I think so, I have not gotten any comments on that program in a very
long time :)

thanks,

greg k-h

2012-05-28 14:20:11

by Ezequiel Garcia

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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] USB: remove CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS

Hi,

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 09:37:44AM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
>> Hi Greg,
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > This option has been deprecated for many years now, and no userspace
>> > tools use it anymore, so it should be safe to finally remove it.
>> >
>>
>> Does this mean usbview will be completely deprecated?
>> Do you think is it possible to write an update for it?
>
> It works just fine if you point usbview at
> /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices, right?
>

Yes, it does.

Thanks,
Ezequiel.