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authorPete Batard <pbatard@gmail.com>2010-01-27 21:23:31 +0000
committerPete Batard <pbatard@gmail.com>2010-01-27 21:23:31 +0000
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downloadlibusb-388620e21fd597a9fefbb840ca9701ce3091d992.tar.gz
r119: xusb improvements for mass storage (Alan Stern)
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@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ To compile libusb 1.0 using either Microsoft Visual Studio or the Windows DDK
Note 1: For Visual Studio, 3 sets of solution files are provided depending on
whether you are running MSVC6, Visual Studio 2008 (MSVC9) or Visual Studio 2005
-(MSVC8). For the DDK, the 'sources' file is located in libusb\os\.
+(MSVC8). For the DDK, just run ddk_build.cmd from a DDK build environment
+command prompt.
Note 2: In the text below, (Win32) means "when producing 32 bit binaries" and
(x64) "when producing 64 bit binaries". This is independent of whether your
@@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ platform is actually 32 or 64 bit.
- To run the 64 bit executables, you need to either have pthreadVC2_x64.dll
in your executable directory or in C:\Windows\System32 (again, not a typo).
+
+Alternativaly, precompiled pthread-win32 binaries for 64bit and 32 bit
+platforms, as well as the necessary headers can be obtained frome:
+http://libusb.org/raw-attachment/wiki/windows_backend/pthread-win32_libusb.zip
- Edit config_msvc.h according to your needs (you might want to comment out
ENABLE_DEBUG_LOGGING).
@@ -44,8 +49,5 @@ to a directory that contains setupapi.lib and ole32.lib.
If needed, these libraries can be obtained by downloading either the latest
Windows SDK or the DDK.
-The default solution is set to produce the static library and statically
-linked binaries. The DLL is currently built as a standalone project.
-
For additional information, please refer to:
http://libusb.org/wiki/windows_backend \ No newline at end of file