From cc71329b3b89b4a5be849b617f2c4f151f0b9213 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott James Remnant Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:21:40 +0100 Subject: USB: usbfs: deprecate and hide option for !embedded Modern systems do not use usbfs; the entries within it are files, not device nodes, and do not support ACLs which are the default way to provide access to USB devices to untrusted users. It is replaced by device-nodes maintained by udev in /dev/bus/usb, libusb uses this device nodes. Mark the option as deprecated, and hide entirely for non-embedded builds (which may not be using udev but require raw USB device access). Signed-off-by: Scott James Remnant Acked-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/usb/core/Kconfig | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/usb/core') diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig index e1759d17ac5..69280c35b5c 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ comment "Miscellaneous USB options" depends on USB config USB_DEVICEFS - bool "USB device filesystem" + bool "USB device filesystem (DEPRECATED)" if EMBEDDED depends on USB ---help--- If you say Y here (and to "/proc file system support" in the "File @@ -46,11 +46,15 @@ config USB_DEVICEFS For the format of the various /proc/bus/usb/ files, please read . - Usbfs files can't handle Access Control Lists (ACL), which are the - default way to grant access to USB devices for untrusted users of a - desktop system. The usbfs functionality is replaced by real - device-nodes managed by udev. These nodes live in /dev/bus/usb and - are used by libusb. + Modern Linux systems do not use this. + + Usbfs entries are files and not character devices; usbfs can't + handle Access Control Lists (ACL) which are the default way to + grant access to USB devices for untrusted users of a desktop + system. + + The usbfs functionality is replaced by real device-nodes managed by + udev. These nodes lived in /dev/bus/usb and are used by libusb. config USB_DEVICE_CLASS bool "USB device class-devices (DEPRECATED)" -- cgit v1.2.3