Re: [Libusb-devel] USB VID/PID for open source projects

[Graeme G. <gr...@ar...>]

Xiaofan Chen wrote:
> This one has got its VID revoked even though they are still selling...
> http://www.mcselec.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=92&option=com_phpshop&Itemid=1

And in practice exactly how do you "revoke" a VID once there is hardware in the field ?

[Do you track down the cards and destroy each and every one of them ? :-)]

> What do you mean by different design? I think as long as
> the end function is the same, the VID/PID combination
> can be the same even if different MCU/MPU is used.

As long as there is a fixed way for a given VID/PID to discover
the board sub type.

Graeme Gill.