On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Pete Batard <p...@akeo.ie> wrote: > If that's the case, then you may want to check 3 years of libusb mailing > list archives as well as one year of libusbx, because this topic has > probably been discussed about once every 3 months on each list. > > I think the plan on which we more or less agreed for libusbx was that we > would wait until _AFTER_ we had an initial hotplug implementation for > all of Linux, OS X and Windows, to look into improved event handling. > > The reason is it'd be nice if the hotplug event handling could fit with > the transfer event handling, but until we see clearer in terms of > hotplug, whatever we _think_ we need in terms of event handling may end > up being way off mark. > > Also see the current v2.3 libusbx milestone: > https://github.com/libusbx/libusbx/issues/milestones > > IMO this is still way off on the horizon, and isn't something we should > be looking at right now, especially not in the 1.x branch.
I agree. And hotplug seems to be the top feature request right now. >> I see two possible ways of approaching the problem: >> >> 1) Add a new type, libusb_event_handle, which either maps to an FD or a >> HANDLE, as appropriate on each platform. I've attached a first attempt >> at the API changes in new_event_api.diff. It is a new API but is very >> similar to the pre-existing poll api. >> >> 2) Add the ability to start and stop async event processing threads >> which are internal to libusb. I've attached a first attempt at the API >> changes in async_thread_api.diff. > > Have a look at the libusb archives, with some of the conversations > involving Michael Plante, Orin Eman and others on the subject. For example, one of the thread is like this. http://marc.info/?t=130832326400001&r=1&w=2 -- Xiaofan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ libusbx-devel mailing list libusbx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libusbx-devel
