[openbeos] Re: USB status/progress

Hi Niels,

in fact, I was reading through your code the other day. I was doing a 
checkout of Haiku and discovered, that someone was working on a USB 
stack. I was very happy to see that, as I always felt, this is a really 
important feature. While I was looking through your code, I could see 
no obvious errors, I was just interested in how you designed and 
implemented it. Of course, I have no clue about USB bus managers, and 
their design needs. I didn't even have enough of a clue on the subject 
to judge how far down the road you are... I think once you have 
developed something, that can be used and tested, you will get a lot 
more attention and feedback, and it will also encourage other 
developers to join forces with you. Don't let the lack of feedback 
discourage you. I know exactly how that feels, but rest assured, your 
work is appreciated nonetheless, and other people or just busy with 
their own work (as in other parts of Haiku), which does not at all mean 
they don't take notice of your contribution. It's just that even though 
they might have looked at your code, like I did, they probably didn't 
feel anything wrong with it and just wanted to wait for some testable 
results. Please, by all means, keep at it! Maybe you can write Carlos 
Hasan to see how he feels about helping you out. I know he has done 
some stuff for Haiku previously, and back when Be was alive, I was 
chatting with him from time to time, and he had some ideas about 
wanting to rewrite the USB stack. He has driver development experience 
(ATI TV-In), and obviously some thoughts on the implementation of a USB 
stack. Also, I'm sure that Thomas Kurschel will help you out if you 
have questions regarding his new Haiku driver model. Just ask him 
directly, it might take two or three days for him to answer, but 
usually, he is very throughough. Last but not least, I would highly 
recommend attending the next BeGeistert event, you get to meet a lot of 
the active Haiku people in person! I'm sure Ingo Weinhold and Axel 
Dörfler, Thomas Kurschel, Marcus Overhagen and Rudolf Kornelissen will 
all be there.

Best regards,
-Stephan

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