Re: RFC/patch: authorizing (or not) devices to connect to the system

Eric Blossom <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usb.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 05:46:16PM -0700, Inaky Perez-Gonzalez wrote:
> 
> Hi All
> 
> As part of the work for Wireless USB, I need to introduce in the USB stack
> the concept of unauthorized vs authorized device. The first one is one that
> cannot be really used until we move it to authorized, but at least we have
> some knowledge of it.

Instead of "breaking the USB stack", why don't you just force your
authorization into the peripheral, and have it refuse to work/transmit
until your magic authorizer has talked to it.  That way you don't need to
contaminate the rest of the system with what I assume is your attempt
to placate the FCC.  I'm sympathetic to your problem, but the solution
seems a bit overbearing.  Last time I checked, this wasn't Windows Vista.

Eric

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