On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Folks, > I have a USB "flash-drive" which I need to connect to my Linux box but > do NOT want Linux to associate it with the standard "usb-storage" > driver. I need to attach it to a Vmware virtual machine, which is not > possible once the device is claimed by the Linux driver. Although > unloading the usb-storage driver will allow the VM to attach the device > it is not an option as I will then loose access (on the Linux side) to > other USB hard drivers that use the same driver. > > The output of /proc/bus/usb/devices for this device is shown below, is > there a simple way to tell the usb sub-system to NOT attach this device > to a driver ? > > T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 9 Spd=480 MxCh= 0 > D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 > P: Vendor=0c76 ProdID=0005 Rev= 1.00 > S: Manufacturer=BDS-1CL > S: Product=Bio Flash > C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=100mA > I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=06 Prot=50 > Driver=usb-storage > E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms > E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=31875us > E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=64ms
There's no way to prevent usb-storage from binding to your device. But you can make it unbind so that VMware can use the device. Look at this thread: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-usb-devel&m=112228476417061&w=2 and the pages it refers to. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- 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-users
