From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265514AbUBBG7O (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Feb 2004 01:59:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265546AbUBBG7O (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Feb 2004 01:59:14 -0500 Received: from pop.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:51173 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S265514AbUBBG7N (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Feb 2004 01:59:13 -0500 X-Authenticated: #222435 Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 07:59:44 +0100 From: Jonas Diemer Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Which interface: sysfs, proc, devfs? Message-Id: <20040202075944.522464db.diemer@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <20040202032514.GB20534@kroah.com> References: <20040129222813.3b22b2c8.diemer@gmx.de> <20040129230250.GA9988@kroah.com> <20040201215721.737ef5a3.diemer@gmx.de> <20040201212802.GA16301@kroah.com> <20040201230010.15874b4c.diemer@gmx.de> <20040202032514.GB20534@kroah.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.6claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 19:25:14 -0800 Greg KH wrote: > Yet you want to do asynchronous support with sysfs? How would that > work? > What kind of device are you writing a driver for? It is not firmware uploading only. Once the firmware is uploaded, I will communicate with that device. It is a ezusb microcontroller controlling several relais, adc and dac. > For firmware only download type devices, I'd really recommend sticking > with libusb, unless you have to. It's much easier that way. Yepp, there's already a tool using libusb (fx2 programmer) for my chip which I indeed would use if I only wanted to download the firmware... regards Jonas PS: CC me.