John Porubek writes: > Does the "mspdebug-remove-root.patch" mentioned above imply that the > statement "If you aren't running the program as root, you might not have > permission to use the USB bus" (taken from the Download page of your > website) no longer applies? As you may remember, this has been a long time > concern of mine (not a huge concern, though!). > > I apologize for not closing the loop on the version 0.6 release announcement > thread, concerning the creation of udev rules to give normal users access to > the files in /dev/bus/usb, and, by extension, MSPDebug. I went away and read > up on udev and developed an appreciation for its power in solving dynamic > device management problems. After some trial and error I came up with some > rules that seemed to work, mostly. There was one nagging message that I > couldn't make go away: "rf2500: warning: can't detach kernel driver: No data > available". Then I noticed that this same message appears in your Example > usage transcript. So I guess it's not really a problem! > > I'd be happy to share my udev rules, but, as I mentioned, I'm wondering if > the patch makes them unnecessary. > > Thanks once again for your continued improvements!
Hi John, No, the patch just helps with building RPM packages (root directory, not root user...). The udev rules might be quite handy to have. And yes, the warning message is nothing to worry about. I just thought that it might be useful to have in case somebody ever encountered an issue with a kernel driver that bound itself to the RF2500's USB interface (as it is mislabelled as an HID). Cheers, Daniel
