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op and opgui with LibUSB?

2011-08-27
2012-10-27
  • Matt Dawson

    Matt Dawson - 2011-08-27

    Hi,
    has any thought been given to porting op and opgui to libusb? After finding
    that hiddev is very, very different to the standard uhid(4) on FreeBSD, libusb
    looks like the only way to open up true cross-platform compatibility with OSen
    like MacOS and *BSD. The advantage is, of course, that the code will compile
    and run anywhere, needing only libusb and the other dependencies on the target
    platform. Those are all almost universally available and libusb is part of the
    base system on FreeBSD.

    Sadly, this is well beyond my own capabilities as a code-monkey which is
    frustrating. I'm willing to volunteer for donkey work but I'd need some
    pointers and help.

     
  • Alberto Maccioni

    Hello,
    I started with libusb but couldn't get it to work properly so I switched to
    the native libraries.
    I hate to rely on external libraries when it's possible to use what is already
    present on the system; also the size of the actual program is smaller than
    most external libraries, which is kind of absurd.
    Of course you can modify the code as you like.

     

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