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Arnaud Quette <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
Other License: 
Package: libHID
System name: libhid
Type: non-GNU

Description:
libHID - a portable HID API



libHID aims to provide a layer of abstraction for accessing HID-class [1] 
devices over USB or serial lines (similar to what libusb [2] provides for the 
base USB protocol).



libHID will initially provide a "Generic HID Access", using the MGE HID parser 
[3], for all platforms supported by libusb, that is to say:

    * Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Darwin and MacOS X



libHID will also provide "Native HID Access" for:

    * Linux using kernel 2.4.22/2.6 and above with the new hiddev driver,

    * Mac OS X using the HID Manager.



Later versions will maybe provide "Native HID Access" for:

    * Linux kernel v2.4 with the old hiddev driver,

    * Win32 (Windows 98 SE and later).



The project is not currently functional, but the various needed layers are 
already written (currently embedded in NUT patch ; patches soon available). The 
"code" available from the homepage [4] is more a set of ideas for the API, and 
doesn't reflect the final code...



For more information, please have a look at libHID's current homepage [4].



[1] http://www.usb.org/developers/hidpage

[2] http://libusb.sourceforge.net

[3] http://www.mgeups.com/opensource/projects/hidparser.htm

[4] http://www.ghz.cc/~clepple/libHID/doc/html/index.html



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