Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:30:12 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: usbutils 0.81 release
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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.

thanks,

greg k-h
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