On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 07:07:43AM +0530, Sandeep G.R wrote: > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 06:31:10PM +0200, Maciej Grela wrote: > > > 2010/8/25 Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 09:29:50PM +0530, Sandeep G.R wrote: > > > >> Hi All, > > > >> > > > >> ? ? ? ? ? ? ?I have an iPOD and when connect to my linux host(ubuntu 10.04) > > > >> by default it will detect as usb mass storage i need to write a driver so > > > >> that when the iPOD is connected to the linux host the device should change > > > >> its configuration from mass storage to HID device. > > > > > > > > Why would you want to do that? > > > > > > > > And what type of HID device? ?Does the ipod export a HID device > > > > interface already? > > > > > > > > > > Yes, it does. My ipod classic has two configurations - one is normal usb-storage > > > and the second one has audio and HID ifaces. The HID EP doesn`t seem to > > > send any events and the audio says "cannot get freq at ep 0x81" so it`s not very > > > useful at the moment. > > > > Odds are the HID one is there so that a userspace Windows program can > > control the device (iTunes?). ?That's the easy way to write a userspace > > Windows usb driver. ?It probably isn't a real "HID" device at all, > > especially if you can't parse the HID descriptors. > > > > good luck, > > > > greg k-h > > Hi Greg, > > If i connect the ipod to the linux host and check for > the command the message appears as follows: Ok, and what are you going to do with this HID interface? You can switch to it easily from userspace, but then the issue is controlling the device properly. good luck, greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
