On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 11:46:42AM -0700, Pete Zaitcev wrote: > On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 10:54:07 -0700 > Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As you already have the source code for the driver, it's probably much > > easier just to modify the driver to have it spit out what it is doing > > than trying to intrepret a USB stream separate from the driver. > > I do not agree. The tcpdump is very useful on Linux even though > all kernel components are easy "to modify to have it spit out > what it is [or they are] doing". > > From that angle, the tracing has to be in fact placed into HC drivers, > not into USB core (with attendant increase in overhead, I grant). > Placing it into usbfs borders on useless. The USB core might be > a good compromise if HC drivers are considered sufficiently solid.
Ok, good point, I agree with this. > Do not forget that some drivers, such as mass storage, cannot be > made user mode, ever. > > All in all I really like the idea of USBMon, but the implementation > was horrible beyond words. Very true. greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. >From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
