Mike Oliver ??: > Shi-Ying Irene Huang wrote: >> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.66 04/17/08 SMI >> This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems >> 1. Introduction >> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: >> usbutils for OpenSolaris >> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: >> Author: Henry Zhang >> 1.3 Date of This Document: >> 11 August, 2008 >> 4. Technical Description >> 1. Introduction >> >> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: >> >> usbutils 0.73 > > [snip] > >> 2.2. Risks and Assumptions: >> 1. Usbutil uses libusb on Solaris, currently libusb can only wrok >> with >> the usb devices that support the Ugen driver, so this tool will >> only >> display all USB devices with Ugen. We will add a note into the >> manpage. > > libusb on Solaris works for both ugen and Sun Ray USB devices. > (libusb on Solaris is implemented as a wrapper that selects and uses > an appropriate lower-level plug-in. Plug-ins exist for ugen and Sun > Ray. See PSARC 2003/721.) > > Will the tool(s) introduced by this case work on Sun Ray? I know > 'lsusb' used to work on Sun Ray as of about a year ago. If libusb can support SunRay,then I'd think lsusb will also..
> > > 4.5. Interfaces: > > > > Imported Interfaces > > Interface Stability Comments > > ------------------- ----------- > ----------------------------------- > > > > libusb Volatile PSARC/2003/721 > > The SAC "Interface Taxonomy" Best Practice document > <http://sac.eng/cgi-bin/bp.cgi?NAME=interface_taxonomy.bp> says: > > Sun products should consider Volatile interfaces as equivalent to > Consolidation Private. A contract is required for use of these > interfaces outside of the supplying consolidation. > > As far as I can tell libusb is in ON and this case's deliverables will > be in the JDS consolidation. If that's correct then you'll need to > execute a contract with the group that owns libusb. > > How does this case relate to PSARC 2008/018, which declares libusb to > be Obsolete and proposes to deliver OpenUSB as its replacement? I am filling in the contract, I know there is OpenUSB, but not sure if and when they will obsolete libusb, I will confirm with them on this now... > > Mike.
