USB in the Works

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Installation Note: Install the Solaris 10 OS or Solaris Express software on a SPARC or x86 based machine before installing the USB Driver Development Kit version 2.0.

Third-party products verified to work under the Solaris OS are listed on the Sun I/O Technologies and Solutions page at http://www.sun.com/io_technologies.

Questions regarding interoperability of various third-party USB devices are addressed in the FAQs at: http://www.sun.com/io_technologies/USB.html.

The USB DDK 2.0 helps developers prototype new USB drivers under the Solaris 10 OS. For new USB driver development, first install the Solaris 10 OS or Solaris Express (Solaris 10 release) and then install the USB DDK 2.0 to check out the sample applications and skeleton driver code. All new driver development needs to be done under the Solaris 10 OS or Solaris Express (Solaris 10 release).

The Solaris 10 release is available for download and supports various types of USB devices such as Digi IO Networks USB to serial devices, various USB wheel mouse devices, various USB hard disks, floppy drives, flash disks, CD/DVD drives, and other HID devices out of the box.

Solaris 10 documentation is available at: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/solaris.10. It includes man pages for ugen, ehci, and for all DDI interfaces for USB driver development (refer to intro(7D)).

Solaris Express releases of the Solaris 10 OS include the latest USB bug fixes and enhancements. Solaris Express software can be downloaded from http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/solaris- express/get.jsp.

The Writing Device Drivers guide for developers is available at: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-4854?q=USB+driver.

USB skeleton drivers for the Solaris 10 OS are available at: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/software/usbskel/.

Also check out the OpenSolaris Project: http://www.opensolaris.org.

For all questions regarding Solaris USB development, please email: usb-help@sun.com.

Proceed to download USB DDK 2.0.

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