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Re: libusb and usbdevfs
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 09:55:54AM +0530, Jinesh K J wrote:
> On 10/10/06, pradeep singh <2500.pradeep@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >[snip]
> >> > Can i write the driver for such a completely new USB device from user
> >> > space? By using libusb or usbdevfs API? Which of them shall be better
> >> I don't really understand by what you mean by saying driver from user
> >> space. You'll certainly be able to use your device - just that you
> >> need to know how to use it.
> >and that too without a driver :) ? I need a driver as a kernel module
> That's fine.
>
> >or as a user space program using libusb or usbdevfs.
There is no longer any such thing as "usbdevfs", it is called "usbfs"
and has been called that for a number of years now.
> This part seem to be complicated. Does libusb support ISO endpoints?
Have you looked at the libusb documentation?
thanks,
greg k-h
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