Re: [linux-usb-devel] why was MODALIAS removed from usb kernel events? [u]

From: Andreas Jellinghaus [c]
Date: Sat Aug 18 2007 - 15:33:07 EST


Am Freitag, 17. August 2007 schrieben Sie:
> On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, Andreas Jellinghaus [c] wrote:
> > I need some kernel event that has both DEVICE and MODALIAS set.
> > up to including kernel 2.6.21 this seems to come from
> > drivers/usb/core/driver.c if I read the code correctly, and then
> > it was removed.
> >
> > udevmonitor --kernel --environment shows one event with both on 2.6.21
> > plain, but not on 2.6.22 plain.
>
> Does this patch improve matters?

yes, thanks, it does. can you add PRODUCT as well?
remembered too late that my scripts at least use it too.
but that one is no big issue, MODALIAS has the same information
so I could use that information. but other people might use it.

Regards, Andreas
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