--- Hiji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Lars Segerlund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > What is the status of wines USB support ? > > > > Is there anything done yet or am I on my own > ? > > > > Can someone also giva a hint on the > > feasibiliyt, > > > > complexity of managing a USB > > > > implementation for wine ? I am rather good at > > > linux > > > > device drivers and such. > > > > / regards, Lars Segerlund. > > > > There's not much I can say in the way of > > > development, > > > but as a user, getting USB support (beyond > what's > > > supported in the kernel) would be a HUGE leap of > > > improvement for Wine. I think others have said > > > before > > > that there are a lot of apps out there that will > > run > > > on Wine, but are useless because they depend on > > > their > > > hardware counterpart. (In the music world, > > > Guitarport > > > comes to mind.) > > > > > > Hiji > > > I have proposed several possible solutions for > using > > USB under Linux. In fact, I have given 4 possible > > ways > > of doing it, one of which I have hacked up (and > > gotten > > to work, at least partially). > > > > If you're interested in the details, let me know, > > and > > I'll email you (or look at the "Wine device > drivers > > proposal" email in the Wine archives in the past > > month > > or so). > > Phew, I thought I'd type a short reply! Interested > > in > > working on this? I can't do it all alone. > > Damjan > > There's not much I can do other then try to > encourage > you and Lars to work together (as I'm not a C > developer). Damjan, it sounds like you have already > covered a lot of the groundwork through your > research > and understanding of the USB infrastructure (from > both > the Windows, Linux and Wine worlds). Lars, I see > you > have both the motivation and experience with Linux > device drivers to work on Wine USB. > > To me, it sounds like a perfect match for you two to > pair up and work on implementing additional USB > functionality. > > I suppose the last piece missing is to consult the > expert on the wineserver (as far as USB is > concerned) > to see if any changes would truely need to be made > there. Who would that be?
I think it might be Alexander, and I think the general suggestion was "avoid changes to the wineserver". Anyone else know? > Hiji > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide
