On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, Cory Walker wrote: > Hello! > > I am from the Linux4nano team and we are trying to get custom code > running on the encrypted iPod nano line. We need to snoop the USB port > while running iTunes in a VirtualBox in order to determine the DFU > version. I was looking into ways to snoop the USB port, and I found that > usbmon was one of the most popular methods. From what I understand, > however, the kernel needs to be recompiled with special debug options to > enable usbmon. I don't have a computer other than my desktop to mess > around with, so I'd rather not go the custom kernel route. Is there an > alternative to usbmon that doesn't require a debug kernel? Also, is > there an easier way than USB snooping that can determine the DFU > version? If so, USB snooping would not be necessary. Another possibility is to set the usbfs_snoop module parameter for usbcore. That doesn't need any special debugging options. Alan Stern -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
