[BRLTTY] USB on FReeBSD

[raoul mégélas]

On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:00:59 +0200
Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault at ens-lyon.org> wrote:

> Raoul Mégélas, le Fri 13 Aug 2010 22:55:34 +0200, a =E9crit :
>> Le 13 Aug 2010 14:38:38 +0200
>> Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault at ens-lyon.org> a ?crit:
>> >> Raoul, le Wed 04 Aug 2010 18:59:28 +0200, a =3DE9crit :
>> >> brltty on FReeBSD platform has no bluetooth nor usb working support.
>> >> (yes the usb driver on freebsd current has changed, to libusb20).
>>
>> > Mmm, for USB it's surprising: we have usb_kfreebsd.c which includes
>> > usb_bsd.h which is supposed to work. You should probably have a look
>> > there. Also, using the portable libusb could be an option.
>>

>> perhaps, it is working on freebsd stable
>>  (not yet tested),

> What is working? via libusb, or usb_bsd.h?

libusb works fine i learneed that just now, and i am writing with an esys
connected via usb on freebsd current (9) thanks to all.

>> how one can build kfreebsd on freebsd itself?
>
> I should have said usb_freebsd.c actually.


>> by default brltty built sys_freebsd here.

> That should work, then.

>> in all case, i looked sys_kfreebsd.c;
>> i see there: #include <usb/usb.h> which is not there but in:
>> for current one must write:
>> #include <usb.h>.

> Yes, that's the new interface. Brltty hasn't been ported to it yet.
> Doesn't freebsd9 provide the old interface as a legacy interface?

libusb is always present.

> Somebody needs to take some time to do it.

ok, i will try to see that if i am able, i would be happy to do the job.

Best regards

Raoul