How to get Linux USB Report Descriptor when it says UNAVAILABLE

Start by plugging in your USB device and running dmesg to get the kernel output for the event. It will look something like this:

input: Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.1/usb2/2-4/2-4.2/2-4.2:1.0/input/input16

The first line input: ... is what we want. It contains the full device path and in this case we are interested in third last component of the path: 2-4.2:1.0.

To get the USB report Descriptor with "lsusb -v", we need to unbind the device first (as root).

$ sudo bash -c "echo -n 2-4.2:1.0 >/sys/bus/usb/drivers/usbhid/unbind"

Now run lsusb again for the device and you should see the report descriptor in the output!

$ lsusb -vd 054c:0268

Source:

http://www.slashdev.ca/2010/05/08/get-usb-report-descriptor-with-linux/