Subject: Re: usbdevs question
To: Thomas Klausner <wiz@NetBSD.org>
From: Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/15/2003 22:22:16
The vendor name in usbdevs should be the name of the real vendor,
i.e., Zeevo in this case.

	-- Lennart

Thomas Klausner wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Recently I added the USB Ids for the
> Acer BT-500 Bluetooth USB Adapter
> 
> It does not, however, have the normal "Acer" USB vendor id;
> according to the Linux USB Ids list, the vendor Id belongs
> to "Zeevo, Inc." -- the packaging material only mentions Acer,
> though.
> 
> Except for the Linux USB Ids list (at
> http://wwwbode.cs.tum.edu/Par/arch/usb/linux-usb/usb.ids)
> I didn't find an official list of Ids.
> How do we want this handled? Should it report
> itself as Zeevo, Inc. BT-500 or as Acer BT-500
> (as it does now)?
> And what will we do if Zeevo, Inc (if that's the
> manufacturer) will produce it's next adapter for
> a different reseller?
> 
> Cheers,
>  Thomas
>