[Nut-upsuser] Zigor Ebro 650 compatibility

[Martyn Hill]

On 11/08/2012 20:48, Chris Rees wrote:
> On 11 August 2012 20:29, Martyn Hill <martyn.joseph.hill at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 11/08/2012 20:24, Chris Rees wrote:
>>> On 11 August 2012 19:14, Arnaud Quette <aquette.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 2012/8/11 Chris Rees <utisoft at gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11 Aug 2012 13:03, "Martyn Hill" <martyn.joseph.hill at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> (...)
>>>>>
>>>>>> My FreeBSD 8 appears to be running/linking against libusb20 - the 'new'
>>>>>> one...
>>>>> We killed the old one a long time ago ;)
>>>> not sure of what you exactly mean here!
>>>> libusb 0.1 is still avail in FBSD 9:
>>>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=libusb&stype=all
>>>>
>>>> Update: while reading the comment on  libusb1.0 website [1], I now
>>>> understand why you're using "2.0"!
>>>>
>>>> "FreeBSD 8 and above include a FreeBSD-specific reimplementation of the
>>>> libusb-1.0 API, so your applications will probably work there too. The
>>>> source code for this library can be found:
>>>> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/lib/libusb/"
>>>>
>>>> but still, your "killing" comment leave me in a doubtful state ;)
>>>>
>>> Oops, haha, sorry, that's right; we didn't kill it, just switched
>>> default, and loads of ports needed modification over it.
>>
>> Do we know how to 'use' the legacy libusb 0.1 in FreeBSD?
> As Arnaud pointed out, they're still there; including usb.h uses the
> libusb 0.1 compat layer.

So, does that mean I would need to recompile nut, but link it against 
libusb 0.1 compat layer?

If so, how would I go about that?

>
>>> Thinking this could be an issue, I have a Raspberry Pi here too,
>>> running Debian; I'll have a go to see if it makes any difference.
> I must confess to being totally hopeless with Linux, having not used
> it properly in a long time.  My attempts to run blazer_usb result in
> inability to detach kernel driver.
>
> http://www.bayofrum.net/~crees/scratch/blazer-rpi.txt
>
> Worth a try though.
>
> Chris


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