On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 12:08:58PM -0500, jklaas wrote:
> > Being a usb gadget freak, I bought this combo mouse and usb controlled
> > FM Radio for cheap ($10 + shipping). It looks really neat, and I pretty
> > much figured out how to get the radio to work. Unfortunately, the HID
> > driver grabs the mouse and I can't grab the device with any other
> > driver. To top it off, the VID/PID is 04b4:0001, a very common ID for
> > this particular mouse (Cypress chipset).
>
> Nice, I have this device too. Someone gave it to me at OLS last year
> and asked me to get it working. I'd be glad to help out.
>
> > I was wondering if there was any way to get multiple drivers talking to
> > the same device. Or, alternatively, can I write a libusb program that
> > will talk to the radio while the mouse has been grabbed by the HID
> > driver.
>
> Depends, I think this driver looks like it talks through the same
> endpoint for both HID and fm data, right? From what I remember, it
> didn't look like a new interface was created the split the device into
> two "virtual" devices, but it has been a while since I last looked at
> it.
Right. Mostly, the mouse is pretty crappy and I'm mostly interested in
it for the radio. I don't think you can find a cheaper USB controlled FM
Radio out there. There's the Radio Shark, which is about $50. And you
can find the D-Link, but that's no longer manufactured.
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
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