On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 8:22 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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
Hi Daniel, > No, the patch just helps with building RPM packages (root directory, > not root user...). Thanks for clearing that up. >The udev rules might be quite handy to have. Ok, I'll gather them up when I get a chance. I want to test them one more time and with your latest release to make sure they work properly. I have to admit I've been running MSPDebug as root for my recent MSP430 development. Also, thanks for the clarification on the warning message. --John
