On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > Em 10-06-2011 11:48, Alan Stern escreveu: > > On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Hans de Goede wrote: > > > > > > As Felipe has mentioned, this sounds like the sort of problem that > > can better be solved in userspace. A dual-mode device like the one > > you describe really is either a still-cam or a webcam, never both at > > the same time. Hence what users need is a utility program to switch > > modes (by loading/unloading the appropriate programs or drivers). > > Unloading a driver in order to access the hardware via userspace? > This sounds a very bad idea do me. What happens if another hardware > is using the same driver? A kernel driver wouldn't have to be unloaded. It could simply be unbound from the device via sysfs or usbfs. 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
