Re: [Libusb-devel] what is libusbk?

[Xiaofan C. <xia...@gm...>]

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:01 AM, Vitali Lovich <vlo...@gm...> wrote:
> Ok - the WinUSB API compatibility is useful for people who are currently
> using WinUSB directly.  Has nothing really to do with libusb, right?

It has a lot to do with libusb-1.0 Windows backend. The current
Windows backend was written to support WinUSB in the very
beginning. So the WinUSB API compatibility makes it a lot easier
to support libusbk.sys.

Just take a look at the codes and you will understand that.
http://git.libusb.org/?p=libusb-pbatard.git;a=blob;f=libusb/os/windows_usb.c;;hb=refs/heads/K;js=1

Moreover, it overcomes some of the limitation imposed by WinUSB,
for example, it will support of XP64 and Windows 2003 which
WinUSB does not support. It will support reset will WinUSB
does not support.

> I'm not too concerned about official releases so much as with active
> development, which sounds like libusbk is moving forward on all fronts
> (particularly with better libusb-1 integration).  It'll be a concern later
> in the year once I need to stabilize and sign the driver, but I'll think
> about that stuff later.

In that case, you can try it already.


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