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Subject: Re: [9fans] TODO lists for Plan 9
Date: Fri,  9 Jul 2004 07:19:19 +0200
From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
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> - the first one i tried was USB Sound Blaster (MP3+) Go USB device. plan 9
> didnt recognize it. win2k recognized it and was able to play audio through
> it without any additionaly software.

Is anyone else interested in the USB side of Plan 9?  Well, forsyth
and jmk excluded, I have little doubt they are.

I believe a good case can be made to concentrate on USB as the
preferred interface for Plan 9 (yes, I know that vendors break the
standard more often than not, but I believe they will document the
breakage if properly persuaded :-) and that we have the skills and
interests here to make progress in that direction.  And Plan 9 is as
close to ideal for the task as one can get.

In fact, in the light of rminnich's suggestions, it would make sense
to define a mini-OS for USB off the Plan 9 base and I'd be interested
in spawning a separate mailing list (member posts only, while we're at
it) to investigate this.  Somehow, I feel that the main 9fans list
would dilute the effort (it's also a cynic's paradise and that is not
constructive, for all the entertainment value).

Anyone else feels this way?  Then 9usb would seem an appropriate name
and OHCI and EHCI would be amongst the objectives.  Lobbying the USB
org and the vendors would also be a useful goal, I think.

++L