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On 11/06/2012, at 22:52, Daniel Braniss wrote:
> I can't charge iPad using my FreeBD desctop, iPhone/iPod is ok.
> under Linux there is a patch that does some 'magic',
> so I was wondering if we have something similar for FreeBSD.

Some googling shows..
/usr/ports/sysutils/ipad_charge

(which looks like it tells the ipad to draw more current, not to enable =
magic bits in the port to supply it so YMMV with various USB hardware)

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