Hope for USB support?

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

On 10/13/2010 8:36 PM, Brandon Gooch wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Hans Petter Selasky
> <hselasky at freebsd.org>  wrote:
>> On Wednesday 13 October 2010 17:40:47 Brandon Gooch wrote:
>>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Hans Petter Selasky
>>>
>>> <hselasky at freebsd.org>  wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>>>>> I could use this as well, and I know of at least 2 others.
>>>>> I guess a good starting point would be to ask, what is the scope of
>>>>> work that needs to be done to add USB support to Virtual box in
>>>>> FreeBSD
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I've looked at the VirtualBox USB layer, and adding FreeBSD USB support
>>>> should not require too much work. Is anyone interested in paying for
>>>> this work?
>>>>
>>>> --HPS
>>>
>>> I'm very reliant on VirtualBox, I suspect many on this list are (or
>>> eventually will be), so I'm interested in having this support.
>>>
>>> Hans, would this be better handled by the FreeBSD Foundation, or would
>>> a pool of interested users be an appropriate vessel for the funds
>>> (assuming it is financially viable -- how much are we talking? ;) ).
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was thinking about something like $500-$1000 for adding USB support to
>> VirtualBox through LibUSB. Probably you are right that it would be better to
>> go through the FreeBSD Foundation, but I would also be fine getting paid
>> directly through paypal for example.
>
> Woah. That seems awfully cheap for something that would be so
> incredibly useful to have :)
>
> I'm not a person of means, but I can surely come up with something --
> I was actually hoping to make my first contribution to the Foundation
> this year; I may have to make a tough decision :(
>
> (Like you) I was hoping for a much greater response to your question;
> surely we have a few more opinionated -emulation-ers out there?
>

If that costs that, then what would it cost to get the serial port
support working -again- in VirtualBox under FreeBSD?

http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/1548

(I haven't even bothered filing a FreeBSD PR since they still don't
have it working properly under Linux)

Ted