Currently (as of date
20150122) an ioctl problem within the
FreeBSD kernel is preventing libusb_get_port_numbers() from working.
Hence calls to libusb_get_port_numbers() will always return 0.
This makes it impossible to establish a physical path the the usb device.
This problem has existed "forever" -
meaning that libusb_get_port_numbers() has never worked.
A fix is committed to FreeBSD "current" head -
and will later be merged (MFC'ed) to maintenance branches.
See: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=277417
Additionally FreeBSD requires that devices prior to calling
libusb_get_port_numbers() have been opened with libusb_open().
The patch is "forwards-compatible".
Currently it acts specificly to libusb_get_port_numbers()
currently returning 0 on FreeBSD.
In these situations it constructs an artificial path to the device.
When FreeBSD kernels appears with proper working ioctl
supporting libusb_get_port_numbers() the code will construct
proper physical paths for newer kernels - while still generating
artificial physical paths for older defective kernels.
uint8_t port_numbers[8];
int i, n, len;
+/*
+ * FreeBSD requires that devices prior to calling libusb_get_port_numbers()
+ * have been opened with libusb_open().
+ */
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+ struct libusb_device_handle *devh;
+ if (libusb_open(dev, &devh) != 0)
+ return SR_ERR;
+#endif
n = libusb_get_port_numbers(dev, port_numbers, sizeof(port_numbers));
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+ libusb_close(devh);
+#endif
+/* Workaround FreeBSD libusb_get_port_numbers() returning 0. */
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+ if (n == 0) {
+ port_numbers[0] = libusb_get_device_address(dev);
+ n = 1;
+ }
+#endif
if (n < 1)
return SR_ERR;