Am Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2002 13:22 schrieb Ilya Lifshits:
> At 12:26 12/12/2002 +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> >It's a kernel bug only if the effect is there if correct permissions
> >in usbdevfs don't prevent a normal user from causing this
> >problem. Nobody forces you to even mount usbdevfs.
>
> I just trying to avoid situation that my driver functionality will depend
> on some
> end user system administrator that can be not so skilled or to lazy to read
> my instruction
> or whatever ...

Well, there's no reason not to reverse the order of probing for a driver
and making the device accessible through usbdevfs. Make a patch and
we'll discuss the merits of it.

You should really find out what exactly causes your problem.
If it's indeed an ioctl, it's your distribution's or your fault.
If it's something else it may be the kernel's fault.

        Regards
                Oliver



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