Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 12:25:14 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: USB driver in the works? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971028120739.14952G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Hello! I'm curious to know if anyone is currently working on a driver for controlling USB (Universal Serial Bus) devices. If no one is, I'm considering launching a development campaign. I have this wierd dream of running the Toshiba InTouch modules with a FreeBSD box. For those of you who aren't familiar with these, the InTouch module is a LCD display with several menu buttons and a rotary volume control that connects through a USB connector and sits on the desktop or is attached to the display. There is another model that has the same buttons but has single LED indicators instead of the LCD display. In the standard Infinita system, the user can press keys to enable and control system functions, such as the TV, radio, or messaging system. As a strange coincidence, FreeBSD can accomplish the same tasks, so it may be possible to get the full functionality out of an Infinita running FreeBSD instead of Windows95. The video capture/FM board is a Bt848-based board, which we already have extensive support for (thanks to the -multimedia crew). Assuming that Toshiba is forthcoming with the programming spec, it should be possible to make a FreeBSD box with the appropriate drivers control it. So, if anyone is currently working on the project, or if anyone is interested in helping, let me know. Thanks! Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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