Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 15:00:04 -0800 (PST) From: John Reynolds <jjreynold@home.com> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/24703: libusb - new port - MAINTAINER - shar archive attached Message-ID: <200101282300.f0SN04148074@freefall.freebsd.org>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
The following reply was made to PR ports/24703; it has been noted by GNATS. From: John Reynolds <jjreynold@home.com> To: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/24703: libusb - new port - MAINTAINER - shar archive attached Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 15:57:56 -0700 [ On Sunday, January 28, Will Andrews wrote: ] > > It sucks that libusb isn't as standardized as I thought it was. > Yeah--it doesn't appear so. > Wow, that's cool that someone can directly influence the tree for > FreeBSD. Let me know if you need help. I am fairly desperate to get my Yeah, I was pretty happy. Johannes (leader) said all along he "wanted" to make it 'cross platform' but didn't have anything FreeBSD to try it on. Richard stepped up, and I've done a few knick-nacks to make the bloody thing configure and compile "out of the box." I asked for commit privs and he said "sure," so now I can commit FreeBSD bits. Some of the APIs are not done yet. Richard, like me, doesn't claim to know the technical guts of USB and how it is implemented on FreeBSD. :) So, I might take you up on your offer in the future! If I read the man page for usb(3) it appears that the hid* functions could possibly be used in the same manner the API that libusb provides. However, IMHO the man page is sorely lacking in examples. It could be possible that we could implement the "linux" libusb API with only calls to "our" libusb. Who knows? > Kodak DC290 camera to work; libgphoto2 looks cool, but it doesn't work > for various reasons (like the fact that their configure scripts are > f*cked up due to some weird autoconf thing). Since I got S10sh to work with my S10, I've not screwed with anything else. However, there was a bug report filed for libusb with some diffs for FreeBSD. The person reported to get his DC290 camera "almost" working. I asked him whether the "almost" was due to libusb still being "beta" or gphoto2 being incomplete, but haven't gotten an answer yet. I was going to look at his diff something Real Soon Now(tm). I'll forward the bug report to you so you can get his address, the diff, and maybe you can converse with him. -Jr -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= John Reynolds Chandler Capabilities Engineering, CDS, Intel Corporation jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com My opinions are mine, not Intel's. Running jjreynold@home.com FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE. FreeBSD: The Power to Serve. http://www.reynoldsnet.org/ Come join us!!! @ http://www.FreeBSD.org/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200101282300.f0SN04148074>