Hello, all, I recently subscribed to this list in order to wrap my head around the state of Linux USB drivers so I can write something to talk to a Toshiba InTouch LCD display (PMD-C004). It's a reasonably straightforward device with an Intel microcontroller, a T6963 graphical LCD display, 11 buttons, a message LED, an IR input, and a rotary encoder. It is, unfortunately, a strange enough device that simply plugging it into a machine generates different errors from the USB stack depending if the host is running a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel. Windoze drivers are rare and ancient; it's not supported under anything currently shipping.
In an effort to get started, can anyone suggest a reasonable development environment specifically for USB driver work? I happen to work for a University that is essentially 100% RedHat (we have everything here from RH7.2 up through ES4, but mostly ES/WS3 and 4), but for this, I can at least get something working under what ever distro/version it takes to make some progress. Also, I've seen quite a few patches float by since I joined - is there a list of essential patches for USB hacking? Thanks, -ethan ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
