I think this really should be in hoary since it makes USB troubleshooting a lot easier

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 05:36:08PM -0800, David Brownell wrote:

> If you're tracking Debian, it's pretty close to this version already.
> Closer than most other distros, for that matter.
> [...]
> In fact if you're using udev and hal, on a 2.6 kernel, you may
> already be in the position where "usbmodules" is more of a
> hindrance than a help.  Current hotplug on 2.6 is happier without
> it; it has logic to scan sysfs.
> [...]
> If your "lsusb" claims to be a version 0.12, then you're already much
> of the way to this version ... low risk to upgrade from that, even though
> that was never an official version.
> 
> I'd strongly encourage updating; it's very unlikely to destabilize you,
> and does include fixes compared to what I understand Debian has shipped.

We have been tracking Debian, and our lsusb claims to be 0.12.  It sounds
like moving to 0.70 is the right choice for us.  Thanks very much for your
detailed input.

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 - mdz