For as long as I've known about it, the USBDEVFS_CONNECT ioctl hasn't
done what it's supposed to.  The current code reprobes _all_ the
unbound USB interfaces; this patch (as1021) makes it reprobe only the
interface for which it was called.
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
 
        /* let kernel drivers try to (re)bind to the interface */
        case USBDEVFS_CONNECT:
-               usb_unlock_device(ps->dev);
-               retval = bus_rescan_devices(intf->dev.bus);
-               usb_lock_device(ps->dev);
+               if (!intf->dev.driver)
+                       retval = device_attach(&intf->dev);
+               else
+                       retval = -EBUSY;
                break;
 
        /* talk directly to the interface's driver */