On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 19:37 -0500, Craig Colton wrote: > I see. I'm not familar with this, so I probably can't help. However, I'm not > sure how Linux can use a piece of hardware without first having a /dev entry > (I'm trying hard to think of another instance where this happens, but can't - > maybe ethernet).
It's not normal, but not uncommon either - network devices are the obvious case, but keyboards and displays don't typically have /dev entries either. And USB ports (as opposed to devices connected to ports) are another. As I understand it, PTP cameras don't have any kernel support other than reporting that the camera is present on a given USB port - everything is handled by userspace code that talks directly to the camera via the port. Simon.
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