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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ comment "Miscellaneous USB options"
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depends on USB
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config USB_DEVICEFS
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- bool "USB device filesystem"
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+ bool "USB device filesystem (DEPRECATED)" if EMBEDDED
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depends on USB
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---help---
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If you say Y here (and to "/proc file system support" in the "File
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@@ -46,11 +46,15 @@ config USB_DEVICEFS
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For the format of the various /proc/bus/usb/ files, please read
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<file:Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt>.
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- Usbfs files can't handle Access Control Lists (ACL), which are the
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- default way to grant access to USB devices for untrusted users of a
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- desktop system. The usbfs functionality is replaced by real
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- device-nodes managed by udev. These nodes live in /dev/bus/usb and
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- are used by libusb.
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+ Modern Linux systems do not use this.
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+ Usbfs entries are files and not character devices; usbfs can't
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+ handle Access Control Lists (ACL) which are the default way to
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+ grant access to USB devices for untrusted users of a desktop
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+ system.
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+ The usbfs functionality is replaced by real device-nodes managed by
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+ udev. These nodes lived in /dev/bus/usb and are used by libusb.
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config USB_DEVICE_CLASS
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bool "USB device class-devices (DEPRECATED)"
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