From fbf82fd2e1f4e679c60516d772d1862c941ca845 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kay Sievers Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 01:05:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] USB: real nodes instead of usbfs This patch introduces a /sys/class/usb_device/ class where every connected usb-device will show up: tree /sys/class/usb_device/ /sys/class/usb_device/ |-- usb1.1 | |-- dev | `-- device -> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb1 |-- usb2.1 | |-- dev | `-- device -> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb2 ... The presence of the "dev" file lets udev create real device nodes. kay@pim:~/src/linux-2.6> tree /dev/bus/usb/ /dev/bus/usb/ |-- 1 | `-- 1 |-- 2 | `-- 1 ... udev rule: SUBSYSTEM="usb_device", PROGRAM="/sbin/usb_device %k", NAME="%c" (echo $1 | /bin/sed 's/usb\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)/bus\/usb\/\1\/\2/') This makes libusb pick up the real nodes instead of the mounted usbfs: export USB_DEVFS_PATH=/dev/bus/usb Background: All this makes it possible to manage usb devices with udev instead of the devfs solution. We are currently working on a pam_console/resmgr replacement driven by udev and a pam-helper. It applies ACL's to device nodes, which is required for modern desktop functionalty like "Fast User Switching" or multiple local login support. New patch with its own major. I've succesfully disabled usbfs and use real nodes only on my box. With: "export USB_DEVFS_PATH=/dev/bus/usb" libusb picks up the udev managed nodes instead of reading usbfs files. This makes udev to provide symlinks for libusb to pick up: SUBSYSTEM="usb_device", PROGRAM="/sbin/usbdevice %k", SYMLINK="%c" /sbin/usbdevice: #!/bin/sh echo $1 | /bin/sed 's/usbdev\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)/bus\/usb\/\1\/\2/' Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/usb/core/usb.h | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/usb/core/usb.h') diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/usb.h b/drivers/usb/core/usb.h index 2c690f6d4c1..83d48c8133a 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/core/usb.h +++ b/drivers/usb/core/usb.h @@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ extern struct file_operations usbfs_devices_fops; extern struct file_operations usbfs_device_file_operations; extern void usbfs_conn_disc_event(void); +extern int usbdev_init(void); +extern void usbdev_cleanup(void); +extern void usbdev_add(struct usb_device *dev); +extern void usbdev_remove(struct usb_device *dev); +extern struct usb_device *usbdev_lookup_minor(int minor); struct dev_state { struct list_head list; /* state list */ -- cgit v1.2.3