On Thu, 4 Apr 2013 11:26:16 -0700 Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > usbview predates both sysfs and libusb, it used only the usbfs 'devices' > file when it was created (way back in 1999 or so). That's why it > doesn't use those apis. > > My long-term goal is to merge usbview into usbutils, which does use > libusb, so that will resolve the dependancy on the debugfs 'devices' > file. It all makes sense now, thanks. > There really is no place in usbview to put the interface optional > strings at the moment, but 'lsusb' should show you them just fine, > right? I would have used it in interface->name if it would be "(none)" otherwise (as in my case). lsusb works well, yes. -- Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner -- 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
