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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 15:02:50 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Jonas Diemer <diemer@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: Which interface: sysfs, proc, devfs?
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 10:28:13PM +0100, Jonas Diemer wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I am writing a driver for an usb microcontroller (ezusb), which will be
> used for measuring and controlling. I am confused on which interface to
> use though. The driver is for kernel 2.6.x. 
> I want to send small (human readable) commends as well as data (e.g.
> firmware) to the device. Which filesystem is appropriate?

What about not writing a kernel driver at all and just using
libusb/usbfs?  Any reason you have to have a kernel driver for your
device?

thanks,

greg k-h