oxidecomputer / oxidecomputer/humility

Updating probe-rs requires USB work

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Description

probe-rs switched from a libusb based backend to nusb (https://docs.rs/nusb/latest/nusb/). This unfortunately lacks illumos support at the moment. This means we are stuck on our old version of probe-rs until we add that support.

From discussions with our local illumos experts this seems doable (possibly using something like https://illumos.org/man/4D/ugen)

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Research direction

Start by reviewing how this repository pins and uses probe-rs, then examine nusb's illumos support and the illumos ugen interface mentioned in the issue. Confirm whether the required USB backend can be implemented and identify the validation needed to update probe-rs without losing illumos support.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
devtools, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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