From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 9 22:15:25 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32D4D16A420 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 22:15:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7FD513C4D5 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 22:15:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from js.berklix.net (p549A5434.dip.t-dialin.net [84.154.84.52]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m19MFJSm066312; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 22:15:19 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m19MGvCr034949; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 23:16:57 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m19MGgte098739; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 23:16:52 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <200802092216.m19MGgte098739@fire.js.berklix.net> To: Chuck Robey In-reply-to: <47AE0BFA.5030007@chuckr.org> References: <47ADFD2C.80009@chuckr.org> <200802091951.m19JpJfj096492@fire.js.berklix.net> <47AE0BFA.5030007@chuckr.org> Comments: In-reply-to Chuck Robey message dated "Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:24:26 -0500." Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:16:42 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers Subject: Re: USB Graphic Tablets X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:15:25 -0000 Chuck Robey wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > Chuck Robey wrote: > >> Well, my first question is, does there exist a tool for USB that let's you > >> view the raw return from the usb probing? I want to see what this device > >> is actually identifying itself as. Actual numeric vendor IDs and product > >> IDs are the sort of thing I'm after. Something a whole lot more detailed > >> that usbdevs, please. Even the dmesg listing (as I show above) hasn't got > >> the numbers and tails I need. > > > > Hi Chuck, > > On list sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org (A mostly Linux using > > crownd though not just, some BSD) They mostly seem to rec. some > > (free I assume) MS$ comparible .exe prog for snatching USB traffic > > to then analyse / develop for *IX drivers. I don't remember prog name, > > but http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > > Julian > > Thanks much for the URL, I will definitely look it up. I'm a bit surprised > that the SANE folks, who I took to be scanner-oriented, should be > interested in graphic tablets. Err, they're not far as I know, but they often seem to want to grab byte streams on scanners to then analyse for Sane. I guess what one wants to later use the grabbed traffic for doesnt matter, so long as one has the traffic grabbed for analysis ? > Is it a feeling of the usb kernel developers involved that thjey .... Maybe current@ or usb@ might know more than hackers@ -- Julian Stacey. BSD Unix Linux Net Consultant, Munich. http://berklix.com