Re: usbdev files

Peter Hull wrote:

When a usb device is attached, entries with names like usbdev4.1_ep00
appear in /dev/ There appears to be one for every endpoint on every
device attached.

What device exactly are you talking about? A USB hub perhaps? A USB
storage device with multiple LUNs?

Does anyone know what these nodes are used for?

They exist so that processes with the proper permissions can communicate
with the devices.

Perhaps if you were being more verbose? What exactly did you plug in? Are
the device special files listed as character devices or as block devices?

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*Aragorn*
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