Re: [Gpsbabel-code] gpsbabel on Linux: "/dev/ttyUSB0" (garmin_gps driver) or "usb:"?
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From: Oliver <oli...@fr...> - 2011-10-31 21:01:23
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Hi Robert! Thanks for your detailed answer! That's exactly what I wanted to know before taking further steps. So I will retreat from un-blacklisting garmin_gps for now. Instead I will complete my comments on Launchpad with the facts I heard from you. I'd greatly appreciate your work! In earlier years "gpsbabel ... usb:" was the only reliable way to use my Forerunner with Linux. Still it's sad indeed that other Apps like MyTourbook cannot rely on your well-tested garmin code. I have only a few experiences in writing kernel drivers and did not go deeper into gpsbabels code yet. Do you think it would be worth the effort to combine parts of garmin_gps (as a driver skeleton) and your usb: code to a completely new garmin driver? Alternatively I could try to help the author of garmin_gps to add a kind of "pass-through" mode to his driver (e.g. activated by an ioctrl()), so that gpsbabel could act *through* this driver (*while* it is loaded!). What would you think about that? However, for me status quo is ok. Even so I still think that it should be easier for end-users to use GPS Apps on Linux. With regards, +++ Oliver |