Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] building under FreeBSD

[LRK]

On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 09:34:42AM -0800, Josh Blum wrote:
> 
> >   The UHD code will not build the USRP1 or other USB code because since
> > FreeBSD 8.0, USB code is included in the FreeBSD kernel code. libusb-1.0
> > has not been ported to FreeBSD because it is not useful. libusb-0.1 was
> > working with earlier versions but never very well.
> > 
> >   The UHD cmake demands libusb-1.0 to build the USB device code without
> > checking to see if libusb code is available in the kernel. My old 3.2.2
> > code (ported by Diane and tested by me) works under FreeBSD 8.2 using it's
> > libusb20.
> > 
> 
> Libusb lists that there is a freebsd version:
> http://www.libusb.org/wiki/libusb-1.0#Portability

I might try this but since there is libusb code in FreeBSD it seems like it
should be used.

 
> Maybe UHD just needs to look for a different library name.
> Something simple like this: http://pastebin.com/vtANjJtX

Best I can make out the cmake stuff, if it doesn't find libusb-1.0 it
does not build. Never looks for any libusb libraries in /usr/lib/ or
/usr/local/lib.


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