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["David Moberg" <davidjmoberg AT gmail.com>]

3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> David Moberg wrote:
> >
> > > > I know that libusb (for user-space USB drivers) works on BL3.4,
> > > > because I used a statically compiled version of a libusb program
> > > > to successfully access a digital camera in BL3.4.
> > >
> > > Is that available from your BL3 page?
> >
> > (The program in question is gphoto2. You do mean that, and not
> > libusb, right?)
>
> I was thinking libusb (the static one that works with BL3).

libusb is just a library for building user-space USB drivers. Several
programs, including sane and gphoto2, are built on top of it. libusb
would likely not be useful for BL3 - it's probably too new to work
with libc5.

> Do I understand correctly that gphoto2 would enable BL3
> to use any of the cameras on that list (using the cable
> that comes with the camera)?

Yes, that's correct.

David