--- Mukund Deshmukh wrote:
>
> > I was curious to know if USB devices can have
> their own drivers embedded
> > so that when they plug into any OS on any platform
> they can pass on the
> > drivers to the system.
>
> Yes, technically possible. The default behavior of
> USB device will be mass
> storage device. The PC will read and install the
> driver. Once PC runs the
> driver, the USB device will activate its native
> function.
> No, Commercially it will add up cost and nothing
> else. If all the driver can
> be given on Rs. 5 CD, why add MSD and increase cost
> of USB device.
>
I have yet to see any USB device that did not run
automatically on a Mac desktop. Either the Mac OS
comes loaded with every conceivable driver, or else
the USB devices have some sort of self loading drivers
anyway. Or is there some other possibility?
Actually, this default behaviour is a little
irritating. As Mukund says, the default behaviour
should be that of a mass storage device. However, what
actually happens for many devices such as cameras, the
default application (say for instance iPhoto in the
case of a camera) starts up and the file navigator
(Finder) does not show the device loaded at all (which
is the default behaviour for ordinary mass storage
devices).
Vickram
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