Am 26.05.04, 00:23 +0200 schrieb Gerhard Fuernkranz: > For instance, Avantes (http://www.avantes.com) provides a Linux SDK for > their Spectrocam. Basically it appears to work, but IMO it's nasty that > even the low level API library (distrubuted as binary) is compiled with > g++, although it appears to be a pure C (and not C++) API. And it looks > like they have used gcc 2.95.3 to compile it. Unfortunately gcc versions > below 3.x are not ABI compatible for C++, i.e. all C++ binaries which > are linked together, must be compiled with the same gcc/g++ version. The
It seems even gcc3.2 and 3.3 must not be ABI compatible. > consequence is, that a Spectrocam SDK application must be compiled with > the same old gcc/g++ version as the SDK was compiled. Hard, to call this freedom of choice ;) Shurely the most relyable way from user side is to get specs about interfaces. > I also think that for several (not all) Xrite instruments (e.g. DTP41, > DTP51) programming information for the V.24 protocol is documented and > available. Thats what we need. Only, some hardware vendors seems to pack theyre valuable knowledge into lowlevel libs. Is someone aware about thight relations between hardware and belonging drivers? One simple reason I can imagine about is, an hardware producer wants to make shure, the best of its product is allways to been seen. They do not support unqualified usage, possibly lowering theyre image. > >It seems to be the only possiblity at the moment to use the wine emulator, > >for running calibration applications. > > > If it works. E.g. the Spectrocam software for Windows did not work for > me with an emulator, neither with WINE, nor with VMware -- there were > some problems with the emulated serial port and the software was not > able to talk to the instrument. Sorry to hear this. I remember at least one measurement device working this way. Dont know which it was. Kai-Uwe ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _______________________________________________ Lcms-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lcms-user
