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On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Dan Streetman <[email protected]> wrote:
> javax.usb keeps track of the usb topology, and last time I checked
> read-write access is unfortunately needed to call the
> usbdevfs_connectinfo ioctl to get the topology information.  This is
> why read-write access is needed.
>
> If someone helps with the libusb implementation, it should not require
> the same write access since libusb (again, last time I checked)
> doesn't provide any topology information, it's a flat listing of
> devices so that call is not needed and anyone can see the devices.
>
> Alternately, the Linux implemenation could be changed to use only read
> access (if write isn't available) and therefore show all devices only
> by using read access.  If you want to help make the change feel free.
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 5:25 AM, Manuel Stahl <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I switched to javax.usb from libusbJava recently and now I wonder why
>> this lib needs write permissions to the usb hubs. For libusbJava it was
>> only necessary to modify the permissions of the device I actually want
>> to access but for enumeration it was enough to have read permissions.
>>
>> Would it be possible to change that behaviour in future?
>>
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