[libhid-discuss] OS X build

[Peter Stuge]

Charles Lepple wrote:
> But once you do that, you are still fighting the OS X USB HID drivers.
> At one point, it was possible to install a "codeless KEXT" to prevent
> the kernel HID drivers from binding to the USB device, but I am not
> sure if that is still an option.

Since 10.8 it is not.


> You may want to check out the HIDAPI project instead - if I recall
> correctly, it uses the native HID interface on OS X (probably on
> Windows as well).

Yes and yes. Also on Linux, although it is optional there. Always use
it with the respective native backend as opposed to the libusb-1.0
backend. libusb is not appropriate for HID class devices.


//Peter