Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] small kernel driver to charge USB Blackberrys

2007-01-31 Thread Rick Scott
On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 19:24 -0500, Chris Frey wrote: > On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 06:33:43PM -0500, Rick Scott wrote: > > In the end, I would like to be able to > > "cat > to retrieve my pin, similarly to set new entries. In other > > words, treat the various databases like a filesystem that you coul

Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] small kernel driver to charge USB Blackberrys

2007-01-30 Thread Chris Frey
On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 06:33:43PM -0500, Rick Scott wrote: > In the end, I would like to be able to > "cat to retrieve my pin, similarly to set new entries. In other > words, treat the various databases like a filesystem that you could > browse. It is an interesting idea to make the databases av

Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] small kernel driver to charge USB Blackberrys

2007-01-30 Thread Chris Frey
On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 05:21:39PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > Also, would it make sense to provide a userspace "pipe" to this device, > so that the userspace tools can just open a device node, instead of > messing around with usbfs? Barry is intended to be a userspace library for accessing the Blackb

Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] small kernel driver to charge USB Blackberrys

2007-01-29 Thread Greg KH
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 02:57:36PM -0500, Chris Frey wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 02:29:01PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > The default mode presents an SDcard interface, class 8, Mass Storage, > > > to the kernel, which usually snaps it right up. The interface used > > > by the Windows software

Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] small kernel driver to charge USB Blackberrys

2007-01-27 Thread Chris Frey
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 02:29:01PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > The default mode presents an SDcard interface, class 8, Mass Storage, > > to the kernel, which usually snaps it right up. The interface used > > by the Windows software to read contacts and calendar items, etc, > > is a class 0xFF. This

Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] small kernel driver to charge USB Blackberrys

2007-01-25 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 02:57:35PM -0500, Chris Frey wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:05:10AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > Thanks to the work of the "Barry" project > > > > I've created a simple little kernel driver to automatically switch a >

Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] small kernel driver to charge USB Blackberrys

2007-01-24 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 10:49:39PM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 24. Januar 2007 20:05 schrieb Greg KH: > > I've added this to my tree, and will go to Linus after 2.6.20 is out, > > but I wanted to let others know about it if they wish to play around > > with it sooner. > > Well, if y

Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] small kernel driver to charge USB Blackberrys

2007-01-24 Thread Oliver Neukum
Am Mittwoch, 24. Januar 2007 20:05 schrieb Greg KH: > I've added this to my tree, and will go to Linus after 2.6.20 is out, > but I wanted to let others know about it if they wish to play around > with it sooner. Well, if you are connected to a bus powered hub, the device will not be configured.

Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] small kernel driver to charge USB Blackberrys

2007-01-24 Thread Chris Frey
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:05:10AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > Thanks to the work of the "Barry" project > > I've created a simple little kernel driver to automatically switch a > BlackBerry into charging mode whenever it is plugged in. Hi, I'm