[599] in DeathTongue Changes
RE: usb devices and deathtongue
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jacob Morzinski)
Tue Mar 9 18:20:22 2004
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 18:19:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Jacob Morzinski <jmorzins@MIT.EDU>
To: licks@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <200403092300.i29N0LTB022034@melbourne-city-street.mit.edu>
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Paul B. Hill wrote:
> By default only members of the administrator group have the privilege
> required to add drivers. Note that plug and play drivers run in the same
> shared memory space as the other critical drivers.
Hm.
I can understand not wanting users to be able to load
user-supplied drivers. I think I had been hoping that
the was some standardized view of USB Storage, in the way
that there appears to be a standard USB HID (Human Interface
Device) interface for keyboards and mice.
I'm nearly certain you can use a USB keyboard without the need to
install extra drivers. It is a shame that USB storage does not
have a similarly simple interface. Maybe I am being misled by
the fact that the user had a USB camera, instead of a USB disk.
-Jacob
