Subject: Re: USB emul under Linux
To: Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>
From: Vincent <10.50@free.fr>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/19/2005 19:16:32
Hi,
Greg Troxel a écrit :
> You could probably compile libusb under linux (with a cross compiler,
> perhaps using the real linux cc in the chroot, but with netbsd usb .h
> files), and bash configure output to use the netbsd kernel usb
> methods.
I tried that. It doesn't work. Reason : usb.h refers some system calls
that are idiotisms of NetBSD and do not exist in the Linux libc.
> But, this will only make linux programs that use dynamically linked
> libusb. This would almost certainly leave out things like vmware.
> To me, the point of linux emulation is things I can't compile
> natively, and it seems the special libusb won't help much of that.
True. But what form would take a *real* solution according to you ?
Vincent