On 3.02.2010 14:05, Andreas Mohr wrote:
On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 11:27:33AM +0100, Martin Poupe wrote:
Now I need to access the USB via sysfs, because not all Linux platforms
have usbfs available. I cannot open("/sys/bus/usb/devices/5-1", O_RDWR)
because this is a directory :-( What file in this directory (or
elsewhere) should be opened for ioctl() ?
Any specific reason not to use libusb instead of doing raw access?
(ok, if we're talking about nuts-and-bolts embedded OTOH...)
Andreas Mohr
Yes, some (embedded) platforms do not have libusb available. And
moreover libusb (version 1.0) still uses usbfs for opening the device.
It uses sysfs only to enumerate devices.
Martin Poupe
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