Changes between Version 21 and Version 22 of WikiStart

Timestamp:

12/21/10 16:07:52 (2 years ago)

Author:

nikolajsheller

Comment:

Attempted to clarify relationship between libusb 0.1 and 1.0 and related backends for windows.

WikiStart

@@ -8 +8 @@
 Many participants in the libusb community have helped and continue to help with ideas, implementation, support and improvements for libusb.
 
+== Version overview ==
+
+There are currently two separate core projects, with non-compatible APIs:
+ * [wiki:libusb-1.0]
+ * libusb-0.1
+
+In addition to the core projects there are two sub-projects that provide Windows back-ends:
+
+* libusb-1.0: [wiki:windows_backend]
+* libusb-0.1: [wiki:libusb-win32]
+
 == Stable API: libusb-1.0 ==
 
@@ -16 +27 @@
  * [api-1.0: API documentation]
  * Compatibility with the libusb-0.1 API is available through the [wiki:libusb-compat-0.1] compatibility layer.
- * Linux and Darwin (Mac OS X) are supported in the latest release. Windows support is coming soon in the official release (in git as of August 2010). The [wiki:windows_backend Windows backend] currently uses WinUSB.sys or Win32 HID APIs. libusb0.sys (libusb-win32 kernel driver) will be integrated later (#49) as well.
+ * Linux and Darwin (Mac OS X) are supported in the latest release. Windows support is present in git as of August 2010.
+ * The [wiki:windows_backend Windows backend] currently uses WinUSB.sys or Win32 HID APIs. Support for the legacy libusb-0.1 backend (libusb0.sys from the libusb-win32 kernel driver) will be integrated later (#49) as well.
 
 == Legacy API: libusb-0.1 ==