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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/usb/core/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/usb/core/Kconfig | 25 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig index 2fc0f88a3d86..f493fb1eaa27 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig @@ -31,7 +31,30 @@ config USB_DEVICEFS For the format of the various /proc/bus/usb/ files, please read <file:Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt>. - Most users want to say Y here. + Usbfs files can't handle Access Control Lists (ACL), which are the + default way to grant access to USB devices for untrusted users of a + desktop system. The usbfs functionality is replaced by real + device-nodes managed by udev. These nodes live in /dev/bus/usb and + are used by libusb. + +config USB_DEVICE_CLASS + bool "USB device class-devices (DEPRECATED)" + depends on USB + default n + ---help--- + Userspace access to USB devices is granted by device-nodes exported + directly from the usbdev in sysfs. Old versions of the driver + core and udev needed additional class devices to export device nodes. + + These additional devices are difficult to handle in userspace, if + information about USB interfaces must be available. One device contains + the device node, the other device contains the interface data. Both + devices are at the same level in sysfs (siblings) and one can't access + the other. The device node created directly by the usbdev is the parent + device of the interface and therefore easily accessible from the interface + event. + + This option provides backward compatibility if needed. config USB_DYNAMIC_MINORS bool "Dynamic USB minor allocation (EXPERIMENTAL)" |