Re: [Libusb-devel] Very Urgent::On the usage of libusb in Solaris

[Pete B. <pe...@so...>]

On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 12:25:37AM -0800, Bhartiya Vishwa wrote:
> So I have two choices here:
> 1) Search out for any other equivalent library that is
> compatible with Solaris. But I dont know whether it is
> there. So in case you know any please do tell me.

The only guys I am aware of are

http://www.jungo.com/wd-solaris.html

But they're commercial (and pricey) and I'm not sure they support
USB on Solaris.  I'm reliably informed that their Windows products
are excellent though (not that this helps you)

> 2) Modify the "linux.c" file that comes with "libusb"
> so that it works for Solaris too. But I dont know how
> much effort  it will require to do so for a novice
> user(for Solaris as well as USB) like me. 

Solaris 2.8 and above do have a 'generic' USB driver (see
the manual page for usb_mid) however I cannot find anything
but the sparsest documentation so I suspect you will have
trouble figuring out how to program it.

And that's the key point, it is likely to be very different
from the Linux USB APIs, so it won't be a case of simply
modifying linux.c, it would be a case of rewriting all the
usb_os_* functions in it so that they worked with usb_mid.

> Apart from
> this my project duration is just 22 working days, so
> pressure will be very high.

If you were familiar with Solaris and USB and able to get good
documentation then you *might* be able to get a working (but probably
buggy) port of libusb in 5 to 7 days with luck...  that's going to
leave you short of time for writing your actual application.

Personally I'd be interested in a Solaris port of libusb and
be willing to spend some time on it, but I'm pretty busy
with work stuff right now, so probably not going to be
able to help you hit your deadline (well, unless you want to
pay me commercial rates --- Solaris is probably the platform
I know best ;)

Pete.