usbd/devd

[Adam Migus]

Folks,
Some were chatting and think that adding some features to usb might be 
nice.  Mentioned specifically was fixing it so it loads the right driver 
on the fly.  :-)  Also I was thinking we might be able to use mostly or 
all devd to catagorize devices in some sensable fashion, thus making the 
former, easier.
Given overlap with NetBSD I was thinking extending with as little 
modifcation would be easier.  So:
1) Any thoughts?
2) Anyone think we should start a project for this?
If everyone would like, I can summarize what people say into something 
sensable and put it somewhere?  Or if anyone else would like to...
The general idea I have to rationalize the effort is that FreeBSD is now 
well equipped to adapt to the desktop.  Great USB support is a very good 
step in the direction.  Of course its a server, so I'm not sure how much 
effort is appropriate.  Thus question 1)...  :-)

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Adam Migus - Research Scientist
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