2008/6/6 Arjen de Korte <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>:
> >> > Am I missing something in the logic, or do I just have an unusual > >> case? > >> Neither. These devices are just not suitable for use with NUT as long as > >> the libusb library doesn't expose the physical ports the UPS is attached > >> to. > > that will be fixed with the new libusb 1.0 project. > > I haven't looked at it for sometime, but the API should not be far from > > stable. > > In the long run, this will solve the problem, but as long as libusb-1.0 is > not included in the major distrubutions you'll be limited to just one of > these devices per USB root device. indeed. that wasn't crystal clear in my remark. > It also requires us to rewrite some > stuff, since the library is incompatible with libusb-0.1. > iirc, a transition compat layer is scheduled. but it's sure that we'll have to use some #ifdef to switch between the old and new libusb NUT code... Arnaud -- Linux / Unix Expert R&D - MGE Office Protection Systems - http://www.mgeops.com Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/ Debian Developer - http://people.debian.org/~aquette/ Free Software Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/ -- Conseiller Municipal - Saint Bernard du Touvet - http://www.SaintBernardDuTouvet.fr/ en charge de la Communication, de l'Informatique et des Technologies
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