[Libusb-devel] Are there plans to add an event interface to track hotplugging?

[Paul K. <Paul.Klissner@Sun.COM>]

    Hello libusb development community,

    I was a participant in javax.usb expert group while JSR-80 was evolving,
    and developed an implementation based on that for a thin client 
platform, at Sun.
    I moved on to other projects for awhile, but now I am moving forward 
with
    the previous work with javax.usb, and would like to base Sun's 
implementations
    on the optimal platform-independent architecture defined in the 
libusb standard.

    However the libusb API appears to be lacking an essential feature, 
at least from
    the standpoint of it's Java counterpart, javax.usb: libusb does not 
seem to provide
    a callback mechanism for device hotplug event notification.  I hope 
I can
    pursuade the committee or owner of the libusb API to extend the 
libusb API
    with such an interface, and I am willing to contribute effort into 
helping that happen
    as well as in assisting with the implementation of it it on the 
supported platforms,
    as necessary and as feasible.

    Unfortunately, the SourceForget site doesn't seem to indicate there 
has been
    any recent activity with libusb; the online docs indicates there 
were once plans
    to evolve quickly toward 1.0.

    Where does all of this stand?  What can I do to extend the API in 
the way
    hoped?  I am ready to invest proactive effort and follow through on 
fairly
    short notice.

    Thanks,
    Paul Klissner (Pau...@su...)
    Staff Engineer
    Sun One Desktop, Sun Ray
    Sun Microsystems, Inc.