[Lcdproc] LCDProc CVS + PicoLCD on FreeBSD

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <C6F61B9C-A765-4F35-9BF7-E744B2F19C99 at siliconlandmark.com>, Andre Gu
ibert de Bruet writes:
>On Jan 16, 2009, at 5:09 AM, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
>>> Unfortunately the PicoLCD 2X20 and 4X20 devices present
>>> themselves as HID devices.
>>
>> ...but... they *are* HID devices.  Why is this "unfortunate"?

It's unfortunate, because they are HID devices only because that
is what microchip.com supplies as a USB programming example.

The actual protocol they talk has nothing to do with the HID
specification.


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