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authorNicholas Corgan <nick.corgan@ettus.com>2013-10-23 14:56:45 -0700
committerNicholas Corgan <nick.corgan@ettus.com>2013-10-23 14:56:45 -0700
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docs: added info on libusbx for Windows
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@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ LibUSB
* **Minimum Version:** 1.0
* **Usage:** build time + runtime (optional)
* **Download URL:** http://sourceforge.net/projects/libusb/files/libusb-1.0/
-* **Download URL (Windows binaries):** http://www.libusb.org/wiki/windows_backend#LatestBinarySnapshots
+* **Download URL (Windows):** https://github.com/libusbx/libusbx
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Python
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Generate the project with CMake
* Click "Generate", and a project file will be created in the build directory.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-LibUSB CMake notes
+LibUSB notes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
On Windows, CMake does not have the advantage of **pkg-config**,
so we must manually tell CMake how to locate the LibUSB header and lib.
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ so we must manually tell CMake how to locate the LibUSB header and lib.
* Check the box to enable USB support, click "Configure" and "Generate".
+**Note:** On Windows, LibUSBx is required to use most USB3 controllers.
+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Build the project in MSVC
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^