Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:16:42 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB Graphic Tablets Message-ID: <200802092216.m19MGgte098739@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: <47AE0BFA.5030007@chuckr.org> References: <47ADFD2C.80009@chuckr.org> <200802091951.m19JpJfj096492@fire.js.berklix.net> <47AE0BFA.5030007@chuckr.org>
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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
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