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One of the things I love from this post is the collaboration on this kind of OSS projects. Making Postgres Wasm helped: - v86[0] to find a new bug - Providin

One of the things I love from this post is the collaboration on this kind of OSS projects. Making Postgres Wasm helped: - v86[0] to find a new bug - Providing a great deep-dive article that will trigger new ideas in the future - Showcase the possibilities of Wasm and how you can overcome the current challenges I really appreciate these projects are OSS :) Congratulations for the project! [0] https://github.com/copy/v86 https://github.com/copy/v86

MuffinFlavored 4y ago
Could I hypothetically pass USB through to v86? Like libusb on the host into v86 on the guest? Or do USB over IP or something?
- simcop2387 4y ago
  Chrome supports a USB api that could potentially work for that, https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/usb/ https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/usb/ sadly though it's chrome only, not a standard of any kind (no other browsers support it that I know of). ESPHome can use it to program microcontrollers (along with the serial port support).
  - rjh29 4y ago
    > This API is part of the deprecated Chrome Apps platform. Learn more about migrating your app. Classic Google...
    - lights0123 4y ago
      That's the old one. https://web.dev/usb/ https://web.dev/usb/ is the supported one.
  - MuffinFlavored 4y ago
    What about this: https://wicg.github.io/webusb/ https://wicg.github.io/webusb/
  - OJFord 4y ago
    Isn't that because it was explicitly rejected on grounds of security & privacy concerns, rather than 'oh if only others would be up with Google on implementing new features'?
- burggraf 4y ago
  I'm curious -- what's the intended use case for this? This is something we could try to add if gives some cool new functionality.
  - MuffinFlavored 4y ago
    passing devices through to do libusb stuff with them (like OBD diagnostics on cars)
    - burggraf 4y ago
      Oh, so it's not related to PostgreSQL. I'm super interested in new and different uses for WASM. This could open some new doors.
      - MuffinFlavored 4y ago
        Could you tell me at a high level how you would implement in your mind/opinion passing USB devices through v86/WebUSB/libusb?

MuffinFlavored 4y ago

Could I hypothetically pass USB through to v86? Like libusb on the host into v86 on the guest? Or do USB over IP or something?

simcop2387 4y ago
Chrome supports a USB api that could potentially work for that, https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/usb/ https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/usb/ sadly though it's chrome only, not a standard of any kind (no other browsers support it that I know of). ESPHome can use it to program microcontrollers (along with the serial port support).
- rjh29 4y ago
  > This API is part of the deprecated Chrome Apps platform. Learn more about migrating your app. Classic Google...
  - lights0123 4y ago
    That's the old one. https://web.dev/usb/ https://web.dev/usb/ is the supported one.
- MuffinFlavored 4y ago
  What about this: https://wicg.github.io/webusb/ https://wicg.github.io/webusb/
- OJFord 4y ago
  Isn't that because it was explicitly rejected on grounds of security & privacy concerns, rather than 'oh if only others would be up with Google on implementing new features'?
burggraf 4y ago
I'm curious -- what's the intended use case for this? This is something we could try to add if gives some cool new functionality.
- MuffinFlavored 4y ago
  passing devices through to do libusb stuff with them (like OBD diagnostics on cars)
  - burggraf 4y ago
    Oh, so it's not related to PostgreSQL. I'm super interested in new and different uses for WASM. This could open some new doors.
    - MuffinFlavored 4y ago
      Could you tell me at a high level how you would implement in your mind/opinion passing USB devices through v86/WebUSB/libusb?