linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2][usbutils] lsusb: port to hwdb

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Message-ID: <20130912224719.GA1154@kroah.com>
Date:	Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:47:19 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>
Cc:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2][usbutils] lsusb: port to hwdb

On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 02:47:07PM +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> Most of the information in usb.ids is now contained in udev's hwdb. Read the
> information from the hwdb instead of usb.ids.
> 
> This would allow distributions to no longer ship (most of) usb.ids by default,
> but rather keep all the usb device information in the hwdb.
> 
> This patch introduces a dependency on libusb >= 196.

You mean 'libudev' here, right?  I don't think libusb has that version
number quite yet :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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