linux-kernel - Re: usbutils 0.81 release

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0904291638p398ad701j5dc0f8e96de2fb47@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:38:38 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: usbutils 0.81 release

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 14:30, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 02:17:12PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> >> find being able to run `usbmodules` pretty useful ... i wrote a script
>> >> for fun:
>> >> http://sources.gentoo.org/sys-apps/usbutils/files/usbmodules.sh
>> >
>> > Did that work on any 2.6 kernel?
>>
>> it's the only version ive tested it with ... but it doesnt parse any
>> kernel module directly, it reads the generated modules.usbmap file
>>
>> > There's no reason we can't add "-k" support to lsusb like lspci has to
>> > show the modules assigned to different devices.
>>
>> the method i posted above only needs the module to be compiled, not loaded
>
> As the map files are depreciated, I wouldn't continue to rely on it, it
> will break in the future when the kernel stops generating those files.

guess i'll have to rewrite it to parse the .ko modules directly like
the usbmap is generated now
-mike
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/