From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 14 03:36:21 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B2CE106566B; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:36:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE66C8FC14; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:36:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwb39 with SMTP id 39so1933820wwb.31 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:36:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=tuJ7uGbriOA0AFL7QtAR+GV7r9pcQ/Oh5LRFMbLM9TU=; b=IE4JvXQle3qUz5Lky/JyW65GAKa8rFXzyDZL2pN1/ThvgL/IBq2vrZzlUD8hioL+gn N2xyy+3mCxUR5t308aw4quW0pXCXJkyENsmJV5tqmMB66vuIoH4E9I1AZ+tLl1SokpoG DDw5JlMcYsSJBruCCkaDXCYQLxHmWCSSRjSZo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=rm74HModsT4tTwltA9IT7Ij3RYeBchztZnjzl0eg1fRPCMgt7U4uuzKHh4iBMHtPJA VkKeHYFHPlDRREgdoQj3uSKbWlPHQPxSIEk36ppmADIpAFiCEOSd4c5tnx03HGpeUWZL GHtOBwkwPLMRPJZKjQg1FiRkB0KUVJzEFP8yg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.232.229 with SMTP id n79mr1726317weq.52.1287027379670; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:36:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.133.133 with HTTP; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:36:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201010131813.37880.hselasky@freebsd.org> References: <201010131704.33545.hselasky@freebsd.org> <201010131813.37880.hselasky@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:36:19 -0500 Message-ID: From: Brandon Gooch To: Hans Petter Selasky Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: "freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Hope for USB support? X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:36:21 -0000 On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > On Wednesday 13 October 2010 17:40:47 Brandon Gooch wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Hans Petter Selasky >> >> 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? -Brandon