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From: Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org>
Subject: Re: Linux version of libusb that works with FreeBSD
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On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:26:58 +1030 "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> wrote:

> I am wondering if anyone has tried building such a beast?
> ie a Lunux libusb that will be able to access devices in FreeBSD..

Well, the devel/libusb port builds out of the box for me. It's used by
a number of image grabbing tools (gphoto, sane and hplib), and by
tools like nut for talking to UPS systems.

      <mike
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