Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:05:13 -0700 From: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@mittelstaedt.us> To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hope for USB support? Message-ID: <4CB68179.6020608@mittelstaedt.us> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinXN%2BpFDnJwR9v0LB2pVYDE-v8qQteQMwHJ7rE%2B@mail.gmail.com> References: <201010131704.33545.hselasky@freebsd.org> <AANLkTi=yU4O1SwQJAw%2BwrsJMyCY-OncpyuzB5Y8NAY2u@mail.gmail.com> <201010131813.37880.hselasky@freebsd.org> <AANLkTinXN%2BpFDnJwR9v0LB2pVYDE-v8qQteQMwHJ7rE%2B@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 10/13/2010 8:36 PM, Brandon Gooch wrote: > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Hans Petter Selasky > <hselasky@freebsd.org> wrote: >> On Wednesday 13 October 2010 17:40:47 Brandon Gooch wrote: >>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Hans Petter Selasky >>> >>> <hselasky@freebsd.org> wrote: >>>>> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote: >>>>> I could use this as well, and I know of at least 2 others. >>>>> I guess a good starting point would be to ask, what is the scope of >>>>> work that needs to be done to add USB support to Virtual box in >>>>> FreeBSD >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I've looked at the VirtualBox USB layer, and adding FreeBSD USB support >>>> should not require too much work. Is anyone interested in paying for >>>> this work? >>>> >>>> --HPS >>> >>> I'm very reliant on VirtualBox, I suspect many on this list are (or >>> eventually will be), so I'm interested in having this support. >>> >>> Hans, would this be better handled by the FreeBSD Foundation, or would >>> a pool of interested users be an appropriate vessel for the funds >>> (assuming it is financially viable -- how much are we talking? ;) ). >> >> Hi, >> >> I was thinking about something like $500-$1000 for adding USB support to >> VirtualBox through LibUSB. Probably you are right that it would be better to >> go through the FreeBSD Foundation, but I would also be fine getting paid >> directly through paypal for example. > > Woah. That seems awfully cheap for something that would be so > incredibly useful to have :) > > I'm not a person of means, but I can surely come up with something -- > I was actually hoping to make my first contribution to the Foundation > this year; I may have to make a tough decision :( > > (Like you) I was hoping for a much greater response to your question; > surely we have a few more opinionated -emulation-ers out there? > If that costs that, then what would it cost to get the serial port support working -again- in VirtualBox under FreeBSD? http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/1548 (I haven't even bothered filing a FreeBSD PR since they still don't have it working properly under Linux) Ted
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4CB68179.6020608>