Re: [9fans] TODO lists for Plan 9

[Charles Forsyth <forsyth@terzarima.net>]

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sorry, i forgot to list EHCI.

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i found the standards themselves fine for all that.
i did look at a book but it didn't notice the ambiguity in
the endpoint definition either, and the book won't help
you write the code for OHCI.  it might even mislead: as
with PCMCIA, there's a peculiar terminology and assumed structure
to device interfaces that doesn't necessarily match the way
the software might choose to see it.
it's a bit like books that tell you that BSD sockets are the only
way to do networking.   it's not as bad as books that told you
that OSI was any way to do networking.

i think my main moans about USB would be that the raw protocol
and interfaces are tolerable, but neither UHCI nor OHCI are the way
i'd choose to see those, for different reasons; also that the device description
and manufacturer-independent driver approach didn't
work out in the end.  perhaps the latter has improved since i last dealt with it.

in any case, it's there, growing, and needs to be dealt with.

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From: vdharani@infernopark.com
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] TODO lists for Plan 9
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 21:43:33 -0500 (CDT)
Message-ID: <32593.192.11.226.116.1089427413.squirrel@www.infernopark.com>


btw, does anyone know of a good book on USB. preferably, it should
introduce the concept well and also be useful for working on the USB
driver.

any help appreciated.

thanks
dharani