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Subject: Re: Improving kernel -> userspace (usbfs)  usb device hand off
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Em 10-06-2011 11:48, Alan Stern escreveu:
> On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Hans de Goede wrote:
> 
> 
> As Felipe has mentioned, this sounds like the sort of problem that 
> can better be solved in userspace.  A dual-mode device like the one 
> you describe really is either a still-cam or a webcam, never both at 
> the same time.  Hence what users need is a utility program to switch 
> modes (by loading/unloading the appropriate programs or drivers). 

Unloading a driver in order to access the hardware via userspace?
This sounds a very bad idea do me. What happens if another hardware 
is using the same driver?

Cheers,
Mauro.