Hi!
I am wondering about the support for USB devices in the RTP… Especially
network cards and modems.
/Vlad
Sorry, we have no support for any USB devices in the current
release. A future release will have USB support for mouse
and keyboard, possibly more support after that.
Chris Foran
QNX Software Systems
Previously, Vlad Dumitrescu wrote in qdn.public.qnxrtp.os:
Hi!
I am wondering about the support for USB devices in the RTP… Especially
network cards and modems./Vlad
I seem to recall that this was one of the major “Track” sessions at the last
QNX conference. Given the current bountiful collection of USB devices that
are designed to be PnP (Just like the MicroKernel), It would be natural to
think that this was a good area to develop. Especially since most laptops
and just about any new machine will sport a pair of USB ports and the new PC
specs dictate USB keyboard and mouse.
Just a thought.
“Chris Foran” <cforan@qnx.com> wrote in message
news:Voyager.001013121708.1986598A@cforan…
Sorry, we have no support for any USB devices in the current
release. A future release will have USB support for mouse
and keyboard, possibly more support after that.Chris Foran
QNX Software Systems
Previously, Vlad Dumitrescu wrote in qdn.public.qnxrtp.os:
Hi!I am wondering about the support for USB devices in the RTP…
Especially
network cards and modems./Vlad
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“DHS” <dhs@terraworld.net-spammmm-beee-gone> wrote in message
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I seem to recall that this was one of the major “Track” sessions at the
last
QNX conference. Given the current bountiful collection of USB devices
that
are designed to be PnP (Just like the MicroKernel), It would be natural to
think that this was a good area to develop. Especially since most laptops
and just about any new machine will sport a pair of USB ports and the new
PC
specs dictate USB keyboard and mouse.
I don’t think that anyone doubts that USB support is a good idea. Hard to
imagine how 3com is going to sell many Audrey’s if the Audrey USB ethernet
adapter doesn’t work…
Rennie
“John Doe” <john@csical.com> wrote in message
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“DHS” <> dhs@terraworld.net-spammmm-beee-gone> > wrote in message
news:8saabd$5fn$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I seem to recall that this was one of the major “Track” sessions at the
last
QNX conference. Given the current bountiful collection of USB devices
that
are designed to be PnP (Just like the MicroKernel), It would be natural
to
think that this was a good area to develop. Especially since most
laptops
and just about any new machine will sport a pair of USB ports and the
new
PC
specs dictate USB keyboard and mouse.I don’t think that anyone doubts that USB support is a good idea.
Hard to imagine how 3com is going to sell many Audrey’s if the Audrey USB
ethernet
adapter doesn’t work…
QSSL is OEM driven, so that doesn’t mean that if something is not publicly
available some OEM don’t have it…
It takes lot more testing to make sure stuff works for everyone then for
one perticular setup… Not to mention the doc.
Rennie
“Mario Charest” <mcz@videotron.ca> wrote in message
news:8snjao$kfa$1@inn.qnx.com…
QSSL is OEM driven, so that doesn’t mean that if something is not publicly
available some OEM don’t have it…It takes lot more testing to make sure stuff works for everyone then for
one perticular setup… Not to mention the doc.
Plus, it’s 3com. They write drivers for their hardware all the time and may
very well develop the drivers entirely on their own. Just because something
is on a USB port doesn’t mean full USB support is also included - it is
possible to write a driver for something that connects on the USB port even
if the rest of the OS doesn’t even know USB exists. There are
vendor-specific drivers for USB devices to let them run under Windows NT,
for example, which has no USB support whatsoever…
Marisa
“Marisa Giancarla” <mgiancarla@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:8soe48$laj$1@inn.qnx.com…
“Mario Charest” <> mcz@videotron.ca> > wrote in message
news:8snjao$kfa$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
QSSL is OEM driven, so that doesn’t mean that if something is not
publicly
available some OEM don’t have it…It takes lot more testing to make sure stuff works for everyone then for
one perticular setup… Not to mention the doc.
Plus, it’s 3com. They write drivers for their hardware all the time and
may
very well develop the drivers entirely on their own. Just because
something
is on a USB port doesn’t mean full USB support is also included - it is
possible to write a driver for something that connects on the USB port
even
if the rest of the OS doesn’t even know USB exists. There are
vendor-specific drivers for USB devices to let them run under Windows NT,
for example, which has no USB support whatsoever…
Can’t imagine that 3com would be very impressed with QNX, if they had to
write a device specific driver for their USB ethernet; maybe, but I suspect
Mario is closer to the mark (i.e. OEM USB support). If OEM USB support
is really there, it won’t be too long until it’s widely available…
Rennie
John Doe wrote:
“Marisa Giancarla” <> mgiancarla@macromedia.com> > wrote in message
news:8soe48$laj$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …“Mario Charest” <> mcz@videotron.ca> > wrote in message
news:8snjao$kfa$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
QSSL is OEM driven, so that doesn’t mean that if something is not
publicly
available some OEM don’t have it…It takes lot more testing to make sure stuff works for everyone then for
one perticular setup… Not to mention the doc.
Plus, it’s 3com. They write drivers for their hardware all the time and
may
very well develop the drivers entirely on their own. Just because
something
is on a USB port doesn’t mean full USB support is also included - it is
possible to write a driver for something that connects on the USB port
even
if the rest of the OS doesn’t even know USB exists. There are
vendor-specific drivers for USB devices to let them run under Windows NT,
for example, which has no USB support whatsoever…Can’t imagine that 3com would be very impressed with QNX, if they had to
write a device specific driver for their USB ethernet; maybe, but I suspect
Mario is closer to the mark (i.e. OEM USB support). If OEM USB support
is really there, it won’t be too long until it’s widely available…
Yes, USB support was available in beta for OEMs, for a while. As well as
graphics DDK 
- Igor