Re: Kernel Oops during usb usage (2.6.5)

[Duncan Sands]

> Heh.  So the correct answer is:
> 	- don't do that.  Talking to the same device through usbfs at
> 	  the same time by multiple programs is cause for lots of bad
> 	  things to happen to your device, and might possibly cause it
> 	  to hang.  If you want to allow a user to access a device
> 	  through usbfs, make sure you trust them.

If usbfs fails to work when a device is accessed by multiple programs
then that is a bug in usbfs and should be fixed.  Hopefully it's already
fixed.

All the best,

Duncan.
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