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    usbfs: Allow printer class 'get_device_id' without needing to claim the intf · 5dc50c35
    Hans de Goede authored
    
    
    For certain (HP) printers the printer device_id does not only contain a
    static part identifying the printer, but it also contains a dynamic part
    giving printer status, ink level, etc.
    
    To get to this info various userspace utilities need to be able to make a
    printer class 'get_device_id' request without first claiming the interface
    (as that is in use for the actual printer driver).
    
    Since the printer class 'get_device_id' request does not change interface
    settings in anyway, allowing this without claiming the interface should not
    cause any issues.
    
    CC: Sanjay Kumar <sanjay.kumar14@hp.com>
    CC: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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