Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 23:55:49 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>, =?iso-8859-1?Q?I=F1aky_P=E9rez_Gonz=E1lez?= <inaky@peloncho.fis.ucm.es>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Subject: Re: Development of a UNIX-wide USB standard API Message-ID: <19980111235549.20580@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <199801120232.NAA00901@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Mon, Jan 12, 1998 at 01:02:17PM %2B1030 References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980111101658.579B-100000@current1.whistle.com> <199801120232.NAA00901@word.smith.net.au>
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Mike Smith scribbled this message on Jan 12: > > BTW I've redirected this to 'hackers@freebsd.org > > as that's where development occurs (and in 'current') > > Thanks Julian; we've been looking for something like this for a while > now. 8) > > > On Sat, 10 Jan 1998, [ISO-8859-1] Iñaky Pérez González wrote: > > > > I'm the developer of the Linux USB Driver Stack. I wanted to > > > let you know there's some interest at the USB Implementors Forum in > > > the creation of a UNIX-wide USB API standard, and we'd like all > > > flavours of Unix to attend. > > At the moment, I don't believe there's anyone in the FreeBSD camp > active on USB. Having said that, I'm sure that there are more than a > few people that would be *very* interested in seeing USB happen in a > standardised fashion. Whether any of us would be able to attend USB > forum meetings is perhaps a different matter. 8( actually, Doug White was thinking about doing some work on USB, but I'm not sure if he's actually started anything or not... > > > Initially I was developing a Linux-only driver, however I > > > started to try to make it portable to other free OSes. Anyhow, one day > > > the suggestion of a UNIX USB compatible API raised and we are trying > > > to get something done. Initially we are just calling people to join > > > and give ideas (actually interested parties have something done). > > Naturally. Is there a mailing list or other forum where one might > listen and perhaps contribute to the process? -- John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Cu Networking P.O. Box 5693, 97405 Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD
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