From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lucio De Re To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] USB developments Message-ID: <20040115104258.A25947@cackle.proxima.alt.za> References: <20040115081637.M4316@cackle.proxima.alt.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: ; from Fco.J.Ballesteros on Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 09:23:45AM +0100 Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:42:59 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: b8d4a458-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 09:23:45AM +0100, Fco.J.Ballesteros wrote: > > I'm not a usb expert, but have done some hacking on it and > have been tempted (a few times) to clean up a bit the > usbd/drivers/#U relationship. We are also running for usb 2.0 > devices, and have some of them around, including a touch screen. I think we'll need a database of those anyway, could we use someone's hospitality and list the usb/usbd debug output and whoever may have an interest in that particular entry (a little like /lib/vgadb) on a globally accessible server? We'll also probably need a /lib/vgadb definition file for all the quirks that USB devices seem to suffer from (I have a document that covers foibles in CBI devices, a google find I'm sure I can repeat). > BTW, the specs in the usb web site are pretty complete. > They are, aren't they (give or take "bootability" which seems to have lost track altogether)? I've collected a good few of their documents but the 650 pages standard is not one I'm ready to print just yet. > It would be great if you could Cc me any mail regarding this issue, > I might help. I would like to set up a special interest group, if that's OK with anyone else who's interested, but not really a separate mailing list unless the traffic starts swamping other interests here. Nemo, you're much more familiar with the kernel code, could you look into the bit I suggested, where a USB utility merges a kernel function (ATA is my immediate interest) with the USB device, analogously to the ip/ipconfig does? I'll be thrilled to implement the ideas, if you can set me on the right track. Anyone else wants to play? I should think a small reflector of interested individuals for comparing notes would be sufficient? ++L