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USB drivers to userspace

Posted Aug 3, 2008 10:20 UTC (Sun) by smurf (subscriber, #17840)
In reply to: Hardware driver bias by ncm
Parent article: OMFS and the value of obscure filesystems

That move does exist, but only for devices with no concurrent uses and no established kernel
interface -- scanners, for example.

It's not limited to USB either; the Firewire DV driver was likewise deprecated.

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