On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Pete Batard <p...@akeo.ie> wrote: > On 2012.09.30 01:04, Chuck Cook wrote: >> Remove the dependency on WinUSB and the other dlls. > > Removing the WinUSB dependency would be a cool project, but it would > basically mean reverse engineering the DLL and creating our own open > source version (albeit part of the libusbx DLL rather than as an > independent one). Great when you have the time, but probably not > so much of a worthwhile effort when the DLL is already there on > most platforms (Vista) and resources are scarce.
Not so sure if libusbk.dll counts as a open source version of WinUSB.dll replacement. It can be the replacement actually. http://code.google.com/p/usb-travis/source/browse/trunk/libusbK/src/lusbk_wrapper_winusb.c On the other hand, WinUSB (winusb.sys and winusb.dll) comes together with Windows Vista and later. I believe winusb.sys will be the dominant force as a generic usb driver. For libusbx users, I think many of them will stick to WinUSB driver and will only use libusb0.sys and libusbk.sys if they needs some features not available in winusb. For libusb-win32 API users, of course they have to use libusb0.sys and libusbK.sys. I think libusb-0.1 API and libusb-win32 API will exist for many years to come. For libusbK API users, they can choose WinUSB/libusb0.sys and libusbK.sys but I think winusb and libusbk.sys will be the main choice there. > Now, removing dependency on the K dll is something we have already > agreed we'll try to do, as I also mentioned earlier (And we should be > able to sort license incompatibilities). But since this cannot exactly > be qualified as an urgent matter, it will probably take a while before > we spend time on it. I agree with you here. It is nice to have but not urgent. -- Xiaofan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html _______________________________________________ libusbx-devel mailing list libusbx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libusbx-devel
