Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 17:49:48 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> Cc: Ghirai <ghirai@ghirai.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: phidgets for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20090608164419.G38006@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20090605224132.GB24364@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20090603190455.811E01065687@hub.freebsd.org> <20090605233731.W38006@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20090605224132.GB24364@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
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On Fri, 5 Jun 2009, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 01:25:09AM +1000, Ian Smith wrote: > > On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:07:53 +0300 Ghirai <ghirai@ghirai.com> wrote: > > > Is there any (native) FreeBSD supoprt for Phidgets > > > (http://www.phidgets.com? > > > > > > Someone seems to have attempted (and succeeded) to run things on 7.0, > > > some time ago, but there doesn't seem to be any further info > > > (http://www.phidgets.com/phorum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=507). > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > No, but colour me interested too. Thanks for the pointer. > > > > Copying this to Brooks, who started that thread in 2005 with a patch for > > phidgets 2.0, which left me wondering if anything has become of that in > > the 2.1 linux sources, which I'm just grabbing. > > I've not really found time to do much since then. I think I've still > got an ancient port around somewhere. All my patch did was refactor the > error handling which caused basic stuff to work for me. Hi, 'scuse delay, been bogged down trying to (learn how to) resuccitate several old debian linux servers for a community radio station (eek!) The thread mentioned above points to your patch, is that all of it? I tried poking around your p4 area but didn't spot anything else related. > > I'm generally interested in whether linux applications using libusb are > > more likely than not to work on FreeBSD, operational differences between > > libusb on FreeBSD and linux, and whether our new USB stack has changed > > anything in that equation at all? > > As a rule, libusb stuff will work. Historically the function to allow > a kernel driver (usually hid) to be detached hasn't been supported, but > otherwise it's functional. Thanks, but please humour my ignorance - would one install linux libusb in /compat/linux for linux apps, as well as the freebsd port for native? Looks like I need to hang out in freebsd-emulation@ and read lots. Any other pointers (anyone)? I'm really hoping to use a FreeBSD box to talk and listen at 400kHz(+) iicbus with a small gadget we're designing, and everything I've seen, eg the Aardvark, is (apart from 'doze of course) linux-only using libusb, including phidgets. cheers, Ian
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