Re: usbutils and libusb-1.0

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On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 12:11:09AM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote:
>> Am Sonntag, 27. Dezember 2009 05:51:55 schrieb Greg KH:
>> > On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 07:35:41PM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
>> > > Hello. Will be lsusb(8) rewritten to use new libusb?
>> >
>> > No, it is being currently rewritten to use libudev instead.  Work is
>> > going slowly, but it is usable now, it's at:
>> >     github.com/gregkh/lsusb.git
>> > if anyone wants to look at it.
>>
>> Nice, but I have to question the approach. What do you do if you
>> want to debug udev malfunctioning and do you want anybody
>> anybody who needs lsusb to also use udev?
>
> Then the option "--usbfs" will use "raw" usbfs messages and go around
> libudev.  But that option is still in the planning stages, but the
> infrastructure to read raw USB config structures is in place already>
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
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What's the benefit of not using libusb (newbie question)?
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