linux-libusb takes advantage of FreeBSD libusb(8) library, which got prepared to work correctly within linux(4) emulation layer. It lets you to take Linux binary linked with libusb.so and use it on FreeBSD. Additional information: This port has been prepared under FreeBSD with kern.osreldate = 1000510. It relies on the fact the libusb(8) API seems to be stable and no changes have been made to internal API for a long time. If this assumption isn't true, port won't work. Please submit bug report to the port maintainter in that case. WWW: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-usb/2014-March/012854.html