Hans de Goede wrote: > Sorry no code (yet), as I would first like to get some buy in for > the concept before spending time on coding this. > > For apps which show a list of usb devices to the user, it is useful > to have some userfriendly description of the device to show. > > I've code for this in spice-gtk, which I think really should be in > libusb, as it is useful for other apps too. > > Therefor I would like to suggest to add these functions: > > char *libusb_get_vendor_string(libusb_device *device); > char *libusb_get_product_string(libusb_device *device);
I'm not fond of this concept. In USB terms, the "vendor string" is the string descriptor designated by iManufacturer in the device descriptor, and "product string" is the string descriptor designated by iProduct in the device descriptor. This is extending the meaning of those terms in a possibly unexpected way. Apps that need the usb.ids lookup should go do the lookup. Beyond that, this becomes a maintenance headache. However, I may not be in the majority. I also think the project will come to regret the introduction of libusb_strerror. -- Tim Roberts, t...@probo.com Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 _______________________________________________ libusbx-devel mailing list libusbx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libusbx-devel
