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yjftsjthsd-h 18 hours ago [-]
If I'm reading correctly, this only uses generic support through the kernel (yay libusb), and actually implements all the interesting stuff in user space. If so, that's fantastic, because it means you don't need to patch the actual kernel, and that's really, really nice. I understand it's not always practical but I do wish as many drivers as were possible were at least initially supported like this, with kernel support later if we really wanted it.
djfergus 17 hours ago [-]
For anyone else who was wondering what this looks like:
Thanks, that was weirdly hard for me to search for
userbinator 17 hours ago [-]
> CLAUDE.md
Reverse-engineered and vibe-coded? I've been seeing a lot more projects like this recently; it seems getting an AI to do a lot of the work for you has lowered the barrier to entry.
ghrl 16 hours ago [-]
Yes, certainly. I've heard of people that let an agent run on one machine, point a USB Camera at the target and give the agent ssh access and something like imgsnap (cli webcam command) and then let it run autonomously. The agent can then try all sorts of things and also verify the results without asking the user.
I think that's quite a good workflow, giving at least a basic feedback loop for work that can't be tested with just software.
fragmede 14 hours ago [-]
For extra credit on top of the webcam, you can also add a Fingerbot, and a pi pico with either an Ethernet port or a second USB port, so the host machine can talk to the target device as if it was a keyboard, and then also hard power it off via holding the power button if the work wedges the machine.
yjftsjthsd-h 13 hours ago [-]
Surely it would be simpler+cheaper to use a smart plug to kill power, at least for devices without a battery (or where removing it is easy)
plantain 15 hours ago [-]
AI is amazing at reverse engineering, especially if you can give it a live feedback loop.
stefan_ 12 hours ago [-]
It's fantastic for reverse engineering like this. You still need to point it at the right resources of course (USB captures, a vendor driver binary, firmware dumps etc). And of course this mini OLED is somewhat of a throwaway feature to begin with.
And you need to be okay with the usual AI slop - like this sentence will make any kernel developer cringe:
"It is not a DRM display — you don't get a /dev/fb"
If you want it to exist in the Linux DRM subsystem, add a driver for it! It can be done easily for stupid USB framebuffer devices like this.
slipknotfan 20 hours ago [-]
A cool thing would be to put a progress bar for something on the lid screen so you can see how long is left and open up the laptop when it is finished.
happyPersonR 19 hours ago [-]
This might sound kinda campy… but I’d be totally down for something that makes it look like a toaster… haha
dmitrygr 14 hours ago [-]
Put a battery gauge on there, run MS teams, and watch it drain in realtime.
https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/22/12/asus-zenbook-14x...
https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/22/12/asus-zenbook-14x...
Reverse-engineered and vibe-coded? I've been seeing a lot more projects like this recently; it seems getting an AI to do a lot of the work for you has lowered the barrier to entry.
And you need to be okay with the usual AI slop - like this sentence will make any kernel developer cringe:
"It is not a DRM display — you don't get a /dev/fb"
If you want it to exist in the Linux DRM subsystem, add a driver for it! It can be done easily for stupid USB framebuffer devices like this.