On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 07:56:42AM -0800, Dunlap, Randy wrote:
> > are USB MIDI devices like the MidiMan MidiSport supported or is
> > support planned? or is MidiMan one of those Bad Vendors (No Biscuit!)
> > who refuses to open their spec? I realize this is not exactly the most
> > popular item in use by the linux community, but I would like some idea
> > of what has been done in that field before I take the plunge and start
> > looking into perhaps contributing to the linux-USB project :)
>
> Since the current USB audio driver doesn't support midi, it looks
> like it's up to you to take the plunge. Maybe there will be other
> interested people to help out.
Jaroslav Kysela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is planning to make a driver for
the MidiMan ...
> > lastly, I've seen other USB keyboard and mouse devices by companies
> > other than Logitech and M$ and was wondering if they use their own
> > protocol or if its something that complies to the two big guys.. I
> > still haven't decided whether I want to go mouse or trackball and I've
> > seen features I like in several of them..
>
> Vojtech would be the best person to answer this. My limited
> knowledge of mouse protocols is that all the cloners just use
> a protocol that the big guys use. I don't know about
> trackballs.
It's HID, it's a standard. Fortunately everyone (except Wacom for Intuos
and Graphire and Logitech for WingMan Force [Wheel]) uses it.
--
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs
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