Changeset 2d935de for general/genlib/libusb.xml

Timestamp:

08/17/2004 05:38:12 AM (20 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

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Children:

3e21aac3

Parents:

1435fc9

Message:

Modified usbfs mounting instructions in libusb

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@2628 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• general/genlib/libusb.xml (modified) (1 diff)

general/genlib/libusb.xml

@@ -79 +79 @@
 <title>Configuring <application>libusb</application></title>
 
-<!-- To be reviewed when hotplug enters the LFS book -->
+<para>libusb requires the usbfs kernel filesystem to be mounted on
+<filename class="directory">/proc/bus/usb</filename>. Applications require the 
+files in this directory to be accessible to the user, sometimes for both 
+reading and writing. To restrict access to <acronym>USB</acronym> devices, 
+ensure the usb group exits on your system. If necessary, create the usb group 
+using the following command:</para>
 
-<para>libusb requires the usbfs kernel filesystem to be mounted on
-<filename class="directory">/proc/bus/usb</filename>. Applications
-require the files in this directory to be accessible to the user,
-sometimes for both reading and writing.</para>
+<screen><userinput><command>groupadd -g 14 usb</command></userinput></screen>
 
-<para>To restrict access to <acronym>USB</acronym> devices, create the
-usb group:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput><command>groupadd -g 15 usb</command></userinput></screen>
-
-<para>Mount usbfs at system boot-up using a special init script, as putting an 
-extra line into <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> does not work for those who 
-compiled "USB device filesystem" as a kernel module. Install the 
-<filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/usb</filename> init script included in the
-<xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package:</para>
+<para>Compiling the <quote>USB device filesystem</quote> as a kernel module is 
+not recommended. However, if you did compile it as a module, you can install an 
+init script to mount usbfs at system boot-up. An init script is included in the 
+<xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package and is installed using 
+the following command:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput><command>make install-usb</command></userinput></screen>
+
+<para>If you've compiled the <quote>USB device filesystem</quote> directly 
+into the kernel, ensure you have the appropriate entry in the 
+<filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file. You should have an entry similar to
+the line below:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>usbfs  /proc/bus/usb  usbfs  devgid=14,devmode=0660  0  0</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect2>