[Nut-upsuser] Zigor Ebro 650 compatibility

[Martyn Hill]

On 11/08/2012 21:00, Chris Rees wrote:
> On 11 August 2012 20:52, Martyn Hill <martyn.joseph.hill at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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?
> My understanding is that you shouldn't need to be concerned with
> that-- NUT uses libusb-0.1, which is emulated in FreeBSD with
> libusb20.  Thus changing the version to link with makes no sense.
>
> Chris

OK, so back to square one... I guess testing the UPS on a currently 
supported is the next most sensible step, then - at least to determine 
if the driver really works with the Zigor...

M.

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