Thanks, Colin. You have seconds. I'll contact you offline to get you set up.
Eric On Tue, 4 Jul 2006, Colin Zou wrote:
This project will deliver a framework (including a security sub-framework), some device drivers and a config tool to support wireless USB on opensolaris. Wireless USB (WUSB), please refer to www.usb.org, will make USB devices much easier to use. It will become the preferred choice of the wireless connections between a computer and its peripheral devices, like keyboard/mouse, flash disk, DVD player, printer, handheld, mobile, etc. It allows easy connection and data exchanging at high speeds (as fast as USB2.0) without cables. Because no physical ports are required, it is no longer a problem of finding a USB port on the box. It is a great improvement to USB devices and we can foresee that WUSB products would be used in business and home environments in the near future. A lot of demos were showed in "Certified Wireless USB Developers Conference" held in June, 2006. There is an open industry standard available in usb.org since May, 2005. Several developers conferences were held in the passed year. Now, there are already USB device vendors announced their product roadmaps. It is expected that some WUSB products will be formally released by the end of this year or earlier. It will be nice if solaris can support this new generation of USB devices. Besides WUSB host controller on the main board, WUSB spec also introduces two kinds of adapters to make it possible to enable WUSB support without update your PC boxes. If plug a host adapter (like a flash disk size) to one of the USB2.0 ports on the box, then, as far as the hardware ability is concerned, your PC box can connect with any WUSB devices. If you also have a device adapter, then by plugging your USB2.0 devices to the adapter, they can connect with the host without a cable. Therefore, this technology is easy for users and the tendency is clear that it will be popular in the near future. Communities this project is related to: Device Drivers, Desktop, Laptop. This project would have a mailing list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Colin Zou
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