Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:45:18 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Steven Friedrich <freebsd@insightbb.com> Subject: Re: USB problems on 8.0-STABLE Message-ID: <201001130945.18190.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201001131300.13098.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1001081737490.1449@Ace.nina.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1001122104520.1439@Ace.nina.org> <201001131300.13098.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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On Tuesday 12 January 2010 9:29:58 pm Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jan 2010, Frank wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Jan 2010, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > > Does it use libusb? If so, then it should "Just Work" assuming that > > > permissions are correct (note the nodes are /dev/usb/X.Y.Z now) > > > > > > -- > > > Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer > > > for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au > > > "The nice thing about standards is that there > > > are so many of them to choose from." > > > -- Andrew Tanenbaum > > > GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C > > > > I don't know if it uses libusb. The makefile has the following: > > > > .if defined(WITH_USB) && ${OSVERSION} >= 800069 > > CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --with-generic-usb > > .endif > > > > Does this tell you? > > No, I checked the code, it doesn't use libusb :( > > I guess it will need to be ported manually, I have no idea how difficult > that would be though. No, apcupsd works perfectly fine on 8. I use it on a server that has run 6.x, 7.x, and now 8.0. -- John Baldwin
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