From: Ludovic R. <lud...@gm...> - 2011-01-18 19:37:35
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2011/1/18 Kustaa Nyholm <Kus...@pl...>: > >> Both Windows and the Mac have user level OS calls which allow access to >>"the HID" (in that, HID devices). It might be beneficial to allow a user >> of libusb on these OSes to access their homegrown HID devices > > As a user of libusb I've got this to say: > > It is not only "homegrown", many device manufacture opt for the HID route > because of the issues mentioned. So supporting it with some cross platform > is more than desirable. Weather it is best done with libusb or libhid is not > clear to me. The libhid you are talking about is this one [1]? using the old libusb-0.1 and no new release or it since version 0.2.16 in 2007? Maybe hidapi [2] is a better choice for the future. Bye [1] http://libhid.alioth.debian.org/ [2] http://www.signal11.us/oss/hidapi/ -- Dr. Ludovic Rousseau |