On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 06:33:43PM -0500, Rick Scott wrote: > On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 05:05 -0500, Chris Frey wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 05:21:39PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > Also, would it make sense to provide a userspace "pipe" to this device, > > > so that the userspace tools can just open a device node, instead of > > > messing around with usbfs? > > I would like to see this, then we could treat the usb device the same as > the serial/bluetooth device, however, the main problem I've seen with > this so far is the authentication process. The serial/bluetooth make you > authenticate on the device, the usb authenticates on the host :( With > the kernel driver you could create a device for sync/backup, and one for > the GPRS access, as well as setting the power level. In the end, I would > like to be able to "cat </dev/blackberry/20098fa9/Address Book/Rick > Scott/PIN" to retrieve my pin, similarly to set new entries. In other > words, treat the various databases like a filesystem that you could > browse.
That would be cool to do. I always like writing driver-based filesystems :) > > I don't think a kernel driver for the Blackberry is needed, but even if > > we do decide to go that route someday, I think it is too soon at this point. > > The database access protocol is mostly reverse engineered and working, > > but things like Java program uploads I haven't gotten to, and I'm not > > aware of anyone else who has reverse engineered that yet. Even the > > database protocol has had new discoveries as recent as last week. Once the > > Barry library is stable, I could see designing a proper kernel driver > > for it if there was a need, but at the moment, it seems early to me. > > Being a little early, I fully agree with. We haven't even decided > whether Barry, or XmBlackBerry is the way to go :) If RIM takes up > Greg's offer, that I saw on /. today, this all may become crystal clear. Actually I've already been talking to RIM about this, and am waiting on some company lawyers to sign off on the NDA before they will answer my questions. Hopefully that will only be a day or two, but you know how lawyers are at times... > But at the moment, even pushing the power switch stuff into the kernel > seems a little dangerous to me. There is a lot we do not know about the > myriad of devices RIM has out there .... Hopefully I can help out here, but any guidence you might have would be greatly appreciated. thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
