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Date:      Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:41:20 +0100
From:      Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>
To:        Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>
Cc:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files src/sys/modules Makefile src/sys/modules/uvisor Makefile src/sys/dev/usb uvisor.c
Message-ID:  <20020731094120.GA29158@genius.tao.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20020730203741.GC4463@genius.tao.org.uk>
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On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 09:37:41PM +0100, Josef Karthauser wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 08:29:00PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> > Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > >   Log:
> > >   Commit a version of the uvisor driver for connecting Handspring
> > >   Visors via USB.
> >=20
> > Shouldn't this rather be done in userland, through ugen?
>=20
> Yes, but Palm don't publish the usb protocol they use, and so it's
> much more reliable to use Handspring's serial over usb protocol via
> uvisor.  Also NetBSD and linux both have uvisor devices; we're behind in
> compatibility.  Hopefully this will address the balance.
>=20

The other reason to use uvisor is so that you can run ppp between the
Palm and FreeBSD to network it.

Joe

--=20
"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain;
and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." - Albert
Einstein, 1921

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