On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 17:38 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > 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...
I got that impression :) I had some dealing with them way back about their mobitex oem modems. They were very helpful, but I don't think the lawyers got involved :) > > > 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
