[quoted lines by Samuel Thibault on 2016/10/13 at 01:24 +0200] >We continue getting reports that brltty happens to get installed on some >box for some reason, and the generic USB probing interferes with >non-braille devices. We have notably received: > >“for example it grabbed my USB<->1wire >adapter which had "manufacturer" and "product" field customized: > >Device: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd ... >Couldn't Brltty use the iManufacturer field (and perhaps iProduct field >too) to whitelist only devices which have the expected iManufacturer?
Yes, it certainly could. The problem with this case - 0403:6001 - is that those HandyTech devices haven't been programmed to be particularly unique. Manufacturer: FTDI Product: USB <-> Serial -- Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | The Bible is the very Word of God. Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | http://Mielke.cc/bible/ EMail: d...@mielke.cc | Canada K2A 1H7 | http://FamilyRadio.org/ _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty