Re: udev regression? lsusb silent (no output) since 2.6.22-rc2 at least

[Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>]

On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 16:20 +0200, bert hubert wrote:
> > the separate class device. How does that help text sound?
> > 
> >   This option provides backward compatibility for systems where
> >   usbfs is not mounted, and no udev rule like this exists:
> >     SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="add", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", \
> >       NAME="bus/usb/$env{BUSNUM}/$env{DEVNUM}", MODE="0644"
> 
> I'm mounting my Linus hat now, but the more I think about the
> insta-deprecation of USB_DEVICE_CLASS, and killing lsusb in even a very
> recent distribution release, I think this is an ABI or API change.
> 
> And we hate those.

There is no breakage at all. Nothing has changed regarding ABI/API. It's
just a feature that is configurable now, that was always built-in in
older kernels. That's all, and correctly configured kernels don't break
anything.

> So instead of papering this breakage over with cleverly worded help texts
> that suggest a solution, how about we set USB_DEVICE_CLASS to 'y' by default
> for a few more releases?

Makes sense, yes.

> It would sure save a lot of lkml traffic on 'lsusb broke!'.
> 
> If this is unacceptable, please at least retain the word 'lsusb' somewhere
> in the help text, so people have at least the chance to spot their (current)
> need for USB_DEVICE_CLASS.
> 
> Perhaps:
> 
> "Some distributions need this feature for lsusb to work, unless the udev rule
>  above is configured".

It's libusb access in general and not specific to lsusb.

Kay