brltty and libusb package ?

[Dave Korn]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Nov  2 10:11, Dave Korn wrote:

>>   It also involves a kernel-mode device driver.  Is that suitable for
>> cygwin, or should cygwin remain an entirely user-space set of apps?  Is
>> there any policy/precedent?
> 
> As long as the driver builds with Cygwin, it seems fine to me.  We have
> already the ioperm package which brings its own driver, too.
> 


  <installs source>  Oh, cool, so it does!  I've wanted to know how to build
kmdd's with gcc/cygwin for a while now!  <browse browse browse...>



/* workaround for bug 666316 and bug 671964 */
#undef IoGetCurrentIrpStackLocation
#define	IoGetCurrentIrpStackLocation(irp) (*(struct
_IO_STACK_LOCATION**)((char*)(irp) + 96))



    >>>***AAAAAAAAUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHSCREAM***<<<


  That's about the most terrifying thing I've ever seen in a kernel-mode
driver.

[  It's also been removed in upstream for about two years now.....  ]


    cheers,
      DaveK
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