Re: [PATCH] philips rush usb support

Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Sun, 25 Feb 2001 19:24:54 +0100


Hi!

> > 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.

Would not making it "usb-serial" device do the trick?
Pavel

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