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authorAurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>2021-01-20 23:17:43 +0100
committerAurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>2021-01-20 23:19:52 +0100
commit44c9cd24380531d3b6354499aee174ba23bb5e8c (patch)
tree0eca93562d3e86668bae5bb42a53a1b640b90eca
parentbc48602be0329c312ac5fd415c17b7f1b6dd3189 (diff)
downloadusbutils-44c9cd24380531d3b6354499aee174ba23bb5e8c.tar.gz
lsusb(8): mention the udev's hardware database
Despite the switch to the udev's hardware database being a few years old, users are still confused when they update usb.ids on their system and see no effects. This patch therefore updates the lsusb(8) manpage to mention it. Signed-off-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
-rw-r--r--lsusb.8.in3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lsusb.8.in b/lsusb.8.in
index 1e96576..37232f8 100644
--- a/lsusb.8.in
+++ b/lsusb.8.in
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ lsusb \- list USB devices
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B lsusb
is a utility for displaying information about USB buses in the system and
-the devices connected to them.
+the devices connected to them. It uses udev's hardware database to
+associate a full human-readable name to the vendor ID and the product ID.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP