Has anyone used libusb for accessing usb devices here?

[Andrew Falanga]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Lowell Gilbert
<freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org> wrote:
> "Andrew Falanga" <af300wsm at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I'd like to know if anyone here on the list has ever used libusb
>> (http://libusb.sourceforge.net) for accessing usb devices.  I
>> successfully compiled and installed it on my FreeBSD 7 laptop but when
>> I run a test program no USB HUBs are found.  The same test on a Fedora
>> box works fine.  I was wondering what the magic is for FreeBSD since
>> the web site claims the package works on FreeBSD.
>
> libusb is in ports, and a number of other ports use it.
> (See "make search key=libusb".)
> That should provide a variety of working examples.
>

Well, I feel like a total bafoon.  I searched yesterday for it at
freshports.org and turned up nothing.  The reason: I was searching for
"usblib" rather than "libusb."  How incredibly frustrating.

Thanks,
Andy

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