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authorMarc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>2009-06-29 20:24:47 +0000
committerMarc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>2009-06-29 20:24:47 +0000
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[usbutils] improved help text
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de> git-svn-id: https://svn.pengutronix.de/svn/ptxdist/trunks/ptxdist-trunk@10908 33e552b5-05e3-0310-8538-816dae2090ed
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@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
## SECTION=shell_and_console
+
menuconfig USBUTILS
select LIBUSB_COMPAT
tristate
prompt "usbutils "
help
- usbutils
+ Linux USB utilities
+
+ This package contains the lsusb utility for inspecting the
+ devices connected to the USB bus. It shows a graphical
+ representation of the devices that are currently plugged
+ in, showing the topology of the USB bus. It also displays
+ information on each individual device on the bus.
+
+ More information can be found at the Linux USB web site
+ http://www.linux-usb.org/usbutils
+
config USBUTILS_LSUSB
bool
@@ -12,8 +23,12 @@ config USBUTILS_LSUSB
prompt "lsusb"
help
lsusb - list the devices connected to a host
- Note: To use lsusb don't forget to enable kernel's
- usb filesystem and to mount it at runtime at /proc/bus/usb.
- An entry like "usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=14,devmode=0660 0 0"
+
+ Note: To use lsusb don't forget to enable kernel's usb
+ filesystem and to mount it at runtime at /proc/bus/usb. An
+ entry like:
+
+ "usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=14,devmode=0660 0 0"
+
in the /etc/fstab does the job.