From: Johannes Erdfelt <johannes@erdfelt.com>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: usb_string(..)
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 23:40:40 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-hotplug-103653968818697@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-hotplug-103653178109033@msgid-missing>
On Tue, Nov 05, 2002, Thiru Angaiyan <athiru@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to use this function “usb_string(..)
> from a user space application without having a kernel
> mode driver/equivalent.
> I basically need to read the SerialNumber string of my
> Usb device. I am using libusb to get iSerialNumber
> (index). I am looking for some way to uniquely
> connect to a device when there are more than one
> device of same Product Id and Vendor Id exits on the
> system , they may be plugged/unplugged and re
> enumerate as new devices. I am writing a user space
> driver based on libusb. Any suggestion /help is
> appreciated.
You can use libusb. Right now there is no implementation for usb_string,
but you can write your own using control messages.
I'll make sure to add an implementation ASAP since it's relatively easy
to do and worthwhile.
JE
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2002-11-05 21:25 usb_string(..) Thiru Angaiyan
2002-11-05 23:40 ` Johannes Erdfelt [this message]
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