Hi,
(after the email time warp)
We've all been working hard on USB device drivers and host controller
drivers. Now I'm getting concerned about user issues and usability.
Maybe these are distribution issues and not developer issues.
If so, please tell me. In either case, I think that if we don't address
them (or some of them), we (the linux-usb mailing list & project)
will be getting a lot of email from newbie USB users about
"this device doesn't work" and "the driver module didn't load" etc.
Examples:
. /etc/fstab entry to mount /proc/bus/usb automatically
. /etc/modules.conf entries for modprobe-ing USB modules:
(or is this better handled by Tom Sailer's usbd? Does anyone know
its status? I'll look at it in a few days, after I return home.)
. using CONFIG_KMOD and request_module() in drivers:
or is this better handled by usbd? If usbd is close, I'd rather
see a userspace daemon parsing USB descriptors and
trying to determine which driver to load then trying to load it.
I'm also a little concerned about the Linux USB Guide that
Brad Hards has produced. It's a fine and useful document, but
its size could keep newbie users from reading/using it.
Would it make sense to have a separate mini-howto for USB
that only addresses user/usability/setup/config issues and not
developer issues?
One more thing: I plan to update some entries on Markus Schlup's
USB Working Devices web page around the end of this week.
If everyone would add or correct some entries there, I think it could
be a benefit to new USB users with their devices.
~Randy
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