On Sam, 06 Mai 2000, you wrote:
> Pat's mail reminded me of parts of the devfs FAQ as
> I was reading it yesterday. devfs has separate
> directories for cdrom, tape, disc, cd-rw (?),
> toaster, floppy, etc. But the non-USB drivers are
> only for specific devices, so they know what
> media type they are talking to and can create
> devfs-compartments for them easily.
>
> This implies that the usb-storage driver needs
> to comprehend what kind of media it is talking
> to if it's going to work [as expected] in a devfs
> environment. Does it already do this?
> Can it do it?
Why ? Wouldn't the scsi layer do the registring ?
But this is not good enough. Suppose you have an usb zip and a microtek
scanner connected. Depending on connection order device names would
change, exactly what devfs is to end.
IMHO an usb directory is needed for devfs. It should be possible to get at
a device by /devfs/<host>/<vendorid>/<productid>/<number>
Oliver
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