On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 2. November 2005 02:21 schrieb gary clark: > > I want to know that if I call usb_claim_interface will > > in an application will this prevent a user from > > attempting to mount that device? i.e state that the > > device is busy. > > Is there documentation out there that can point me in > > the right direction? I want to prevent a user from > > being able to access the device interface if its > > already taken. > > Ownership of interfaces is exclusive. Claiming it will do the job.
You have to be careful, though. If usb-storage or ub has already claimed the interface, you won't be able to claim it yourself. Also remember that if you're able to claim an interface, then a user (or the superuser) is able to take it away from you. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
