Re: [RFC] Listing USB devices in hardware-summary
Hello Christian,
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 1:42 AM, Christian Perrier<bubulle@debian.org> wrote:
> Why is "Manufacturer:" reporting something like "Linux 2.6.29-1-686
> uhci_hcd". There's the same in what you reported in indeed in
> /proc/bus/usb/devices but your examples shows clearer things such as
> "Hewlett Packard" when showing the output of /proc/bus/usb/devices.
>
> I also wonder if it could be possible to get the equivalent of
> "Product". There seem to be useful information there, isn't it?
It reports it since it is a "virtual" device provided by the kernel;
add a pendrive in your machine and run it again.
You'll get a manufacturer string ;-)
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