Dave Mielke, on Thu 13 Oct 2016 10:36:36 -0400, wrote: > [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
Ok, but it's still better to only whitelist those, and not devices for which the manufacturer does have programmed something else. Samuel _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
