USB developer please look at cdce driver -- (Was: Driver for Yopy PDA)

[Marco van de Voort]

[ cdce device, amongst others for zaurus]

> not even a nibble from questions at .   thinking that hackers@ might be a
> more appropriate venue.  i know that everything is hectic now with 5.3,
> so perhaps when the dust settles a bit...

I'm also in need for a cdce device. 

I had the below URL running with 5.2 (and some currents from mid-summer),
but it fails to compile with 5.3

http://www.gank.org/freebsd/cdce.tar.gz


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> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:14:49 -0400
> From: epilogue <epilogue at allstream.net>
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Cc: Raphael Langerhorst <raphael-langerhorst at gmx.at>
> Subject: USB developer please look at cdce driver -- (Was: Driver for
> Yopy PDA)
> 
> 
> hello again,
> 
> i just noticed this driver turn up in the openbsd code.  i'm suspecting
> that it might resolve pc-pda connectivity issues for some users. 
> 
> man:
> http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdce&sektion=4
> 
> cvsweb:
> http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/usb/if_cdce.c
> http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/usb/if_cdcereg.h
> 
> would really appreciate it if a committer glanced at the code.
>   (...and, if meritorious, eventually ported this piece over)
> 
> hopefully, this will scratch someone's itch.  in the meantime, knoppix
> it is.    =]
> 
> 
> many thanks,
> epi
> 
> 
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> On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:05:16 +0200
> Raphael Langerhorst <raphael-langerhorst at gmx.at> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm also still very interested in this driver, so far I haven't
> > received any response. I hope someone takes care that it is included
> > in FreeBSD 5.
> > 
> > Raphael
> > 
> > PS: I'm not registered to the freebsd-questions list, please cc me on
> > reply.
> > 
> > On Wednesday 18 August 2004 04:04, you wrote:
> > > hello all,
> > >
> > > i recently received a yopy 3500 pda (yopy.com and yopydeveloper.org)
> > > and have been trying very much in vain to get it to speak 'ethernet
> > > over usb' with my fbsd 4.10 install.
> > >
> > > the only promising *bsd related threads i have been able to locate
> > > were:
> > >
> > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-hardware/2004-June/001703.ht
> > >ml
> > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-hardware/2003-August/000429.
> > >html
> > >
> > > i am hoping to learn whether:
> > >
> > > a) the 5.x driver mentioned in these messages is on its way into
> > > the source tree (i did not come across any if_saue entries in
> > > cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/usb) ?
> > >
> > > b) i can help test a version designed for 4.x ?  my yopy awaits your
> > > command  =]
> > >
> > > hopefully someone will get back to me regarding these questions.  in
> > > the meantime, linux already has driver support for the yopy, so i'm
> > > going to give knoppix a try.
> > >
> > >
> > > thanks for reading,
> > > epi
> > >
> > >
> > > p.s. comms/birda appears to be another option for connecting to the
> > > machine, but i haven't yet made any headway with that tool set.
> > 
> > -- 
> > G System, the evolving universe - http://www.g-system.at
> >