Hey, this is cool! Looking forward to putting it to use in libudev-compat, since it looks like I'll be needing a way to find a device file's sysfs path.
-Jude On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Isaac Dunham <ibid...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > Those who've been following the list in the last couple days may have seen > some mention of libsysdev, a library that aims to provide an easy-to-use > API to get information about devices from sysfs. > It's available from git at: > git://github.com/idunham/libsysdev.git > > I've just released libsysdev 0.1.0. > Source code may be found at: > https://github.com/idunham/libsysdev/archive/0.1.0.tar.gz > (I'll have to tag releases using a different approach.) > > The license is a "0-clause BSD" license, meaning that you can do anything > you want, without any conditions beyond what the laws of your country > impose on all software. > > This new release exports 5 functions, features pkg-config/pkgconf support, > has a small sample program at util/devinfo.c, and provides man pages for > the > library and the sample program (libsysdev.3 and util/devinfo.1). > > There's an initial port of xf86-input-evdev to libsysdev at: > https://github.com/idunham/xf86-input-evdev > > Notes for packagers/builders: > It's built with make (gnu make/freebsd-make/pmake should work equally > well), > configured only using variables that you can set on the command line. > eg: > > make CFLAGS="-O2 -g0" CC=gcc > make install LIBDIR=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu > > Other than LIBDIR and CFLAGS, the defaults should be suitable for a > debian/devuan package. > The header and docs can be shared by all arches. > > Release notes: > Announcing libsysdev 0.1.0, the first public release. > > libsysdev is a library to get information about devices from sysfs. > No daemons are required; it should be equally compatible with udev, mdev, > and static /dev. > > Requirements are as follows: > *libc supporting _XOPEN_SOURCE=700 or _XOPEN_SOURCE=600 + _ATFILE_SOURCE, > and exposing major()/minor() with _BSD_SOURCE defined. > *c89 or more current compiler. > *Linux kernel, with sysfs mounted. > Non-Linux systems don't use sysfs, so this won't work. > sysfs was introduced in Linux 2.5.x. > *pkg-config or pkgconf is recommended for development using libsysdev, but > building with -lsysdev should work. > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng >
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