Hi Jim, I was able to test it on Arch linux on RPI3 against my Tripplite SMC1000LCD. It Works. P.S: on Arch Linux there is libusb-compat (0.1) and libusb (1.0) . Also the git version is still 2.7.4 ~ v2.7.4.r3891.gea87c8c7.
Good Luck and a Happy new year. Cheers, Yogi On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 10:51 AM Jim Klimov via Nut-upsuser < [email protected]> wrote: > Reminder: I plan to merge > https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/tree/fightwarn-libusb-1.0+0.1 as > "libusb-1.0+0.1" branch and as master after that, early next week. > > If anyone has tested this codebase against hardware, or needs a few more > days to do so, please let me know here or in issue #300. > > Happy holidays, > Jim > > On Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 21:42 Jim Klimov <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello fellow NUTs :) >> >> It seems the magic of the season might just help us finish some long >> story arcs and tie up loose ends... oh, wait, that is wording about other >> "seasons" ;) >> >> In our case, the "fightwarn" effort is reaching a major milestone to >> finally pass the builds with "medium" level of warnings treated as fatal >> errors - with zero warnings. This achievement took a bit over a year, and >> almost 3000 commits to analyze and stomp out different small bugs, and it >> allows to set that tolerance level as default and insist on non-regressions >> with future iterations - as well as to work towards clearing the "hard" >> level eventually. And this became one of the criteria for cutting a new >> official NUT release (especially as new platforms refused to build release >> 2.7.4 with their default settings). >> >> This work has originally delayed merging of libusb-1.0 support (from >> issue https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/issues/300 and several >> candidate branches to pick from), in particular because with the original >> codebase sporting thousands of build warnings, it was hard to notice any >> new "offences" introduced by this large set of changes. I was afraid that >> merging it would even have to wait until after the next NUT release, but in >> the end found that some remaining warnings in the original USB-related NUT >> codebase made those branches' changes the better solution. >> >> Now, before we find the hard way if the cure is worse than the disease, >> I would like to ask people with USB-connected UPSes (and also those using >> the MGE SHUT protocol) to build and test >> https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/tree/fightwarn-libusb-1.0+0.1 >> branch with their setups - hopefully hitting as many OSes and CPU types as >> feasible, as well as trying both libusb-0.1, libusb-1.0 (and not sure about >> libusb-0.1-compat). >> >> For building from scratch, note we now have a list of prerequisite >> packages for several platforms at >> https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/blob/master/docs/config-prereqs.txt >> - and as for other code, PRs there are welcome too. >> Note also the new `ci_build.sh` script to automate a number of >> configurations and setups, usually reducing the typing needed to reproduce >> build attempts :) >> >> I understand that some people would be away for holidays, but also >> realize that for others these days may be among the few times in the year >> that can be dedicated to such experiments and other hobbies. It would be >> much appreciated if you can help bring the official new confident NUT >> release date closer ;) >> >> The NUT CI farm is busy testing hundreds of build combinations formally >> in software, but it is no replacement for tests against actual hardware. >> >> Also, great thanks to dozens of individual and corporate contributors >> adding and fixing NUT drivers and other features (a few are still being >> tested and may become part of the new release too), and sharing findings >> and ideas in the issue tracker -- you guys and gals are our real heroes! >> >> Finally, on behalf of the NUT core team, please let me wish you all a >> happy holiday season and some quality time to rest, walk, ski and be with >> family and friends! >> >> Jim Klimov >> >> >> _______________________________________________ > Nut-upsuser mailing list > [email protected] > https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser >
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