http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18259
--- Comment #4 from Simon Waid simon_waid@gmx.net 2009-10-29 16:24:33 --- Some time ago I looked a bit further into this.
It appears to me that the PICKIT3 is a HID-device. What is needed to make it work is mainly an implementation of the hid.dll. As I said, it's been a while, but then the hid.dll was mainly made of stubs.
The kernel supports HID-devices, so, what needs to be done has nothing to do with hardware-drivers. It's mainly about implementing the hid.dll (btw. useful for a lot of other devices too) which should use the kernel-driver for HID-Devices.
Best regards.