Re: [PATCH] philips rush usb support

Johannes Erdfelt (johannes@erdfelt.com)
Sat, 24 Feb 2001 12:13:13 -0500


On Sat, Feb 24, 2001, Pifko Krisztian <pifko@kirowski.com> wrote:
> I've made a patch which adds usb support for the philips
> rush mp3 player. The driver is mainly the rio500 driver
> only the rush specific parts were modified.
>
> The patch is against 2.4.2.
>
> It uses char 180 65 at /dev/usb/rush.
>
> Userspace stuff should be found at http://openrush.sourceforge.net
> if you have a rush. It works for me on ia32 with the model sa125.

Why can't the entire driver be in userspace? It appears it uses a
completely proprietary protocol and you've created a completely
proprietary interface to the kernel.

JE

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