On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 08:27:51PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > On 7/30/05, Kay Sievers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 07:58:09PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > > > On 7/30/05, Kay Sievers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 02:49:30PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 09:36:13PM +0200, Kay Sievers wrote: > > > > > > This patch introduces a /sys/class/usb_device/ class > > > > > > where every connected usb-device will show up: > > > > > > > > > > > > tree /sys/class/usb_device/ > > > > > > /sys/class/usb_device/ > > > > > > |-- usb1.1 > > > > > > | |-- dev > > > > > > | `-- device -> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb1 > > > > > > |-- usb2.1 > > > > > > | |-- dev > > > > > > | `-- device -> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb2 > > > > > > ... > > > > > > Can I use this patch to generate stable USB mouse/keyboard names based > > > on port numbers? Like always map 2-2.3:1.0 to mouse0, 4-1:1.0 to > > > mouse1, etc.. > > > > Yes, sure you can do that. If we go this way, you can use the whole > > udev hell to match against anything the kernel or the device itself provides > > to create stable names, you can even use a script/program in udev to make > > a subdirectory in /dev for every "console-group" and put all the nodes for > > this group in. :) > > > > A lot of USB device have serial numbers, that may be the easiest match > > you can do. > > I can't find any serial numbers in any of the mice/keyboards that I own.
Yes, unfortunately most mice don't have it. > Are you going to fully implement console groups? It is something we > need for multiuser Xserver and console. I just heard about this idea from your mail yesterday. It sounds like a reasonable requirement. > Where will the description of the group contents be stored? The > contents of the group need to be assigned to the user at login. We need to figure that out, nothing is decided by now. I just started with the usbfs replacement, cause udev will play a central role in a possible pam_console/resmgr replacement. I will start working on it as soon as we get the usb device access solved, cause we will need ACL and symlink support. > We would also like to be able to assign USB hubs to the group. The > ownership of the hub would transfer at login. From then on anything > plugged into the hub would belong to the user that owns the hub. I > guess these added devices should go into limbo when the user logs out > too. Sounds like sane policy. Btw: I ask your question back: Any idea where to move this discussion to? usb-devel is obviously not the right place. :) Kay ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
