Alternative to /proc/bus/usb/devices

Question

/proc/bus/usb/devices should not be used anymore (and can't be mounted anymore on Ubuntu 11.04)

But what is an alternative to it, for use in a terminal?

I could easily grep that output to look for a certain device, but I'm lost in all the /sys/ entries...

Answer 1

I'm not completely clear on what information you are looking to extract from that file, but almost certainly the output of the lsusb command will be able to help you.

Answer 2

lsusb either just lists the devices, or very verbose and dumps a lot of information, but is missing which driver owns each, what interface and alternative configuration is currently selected and in use.

v3.5-rc1 removed CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS and in effect /proc/bus/usb/devices, but fortunately it is available in /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices at least 2.6.39 kernel has it.