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Subject: Re: Bug in libftdipp Context::open()

From: Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: libftdi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:27:22 +0100
Hello pit,

On Thursday, 20. January 2011 13:27:06 pitpompej@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> I found a bug in the cpp-wrapper for the ftdi-lib that concerns nearly
> all open() functions of the Context-Class. All open-functions except the
> one with the usb_device parameter return with -1 (and error string "all
> fine") even if opening the device should be posssible (the ftdi-c
> version can open the same device). The reason for that behavior is, that
> they all use for the first connect to the device the correct
> ftdi-c-function concerning to the given parameters (open(vendor,pid)
> uses ftdi_usb_open(ftdi, vendor, product), open(description) uses
> ftdi_usb_open_string(ftdi, description.c_str()) and so on) but after the
> first connect they all use the ftdi_usb_get_strings function that needs
> as one parameter the usb_device. this has not been set before when using
> these special open-functions so it returns with an error and the
> open-function failes. I have already implemented a fix in my sources by
> adding to further functions in the ftdi-c-lib that returns by reference
> the usb_device ande changed the concerning calls in the cpp-wrapper.
> That all works fine for me now. But is a problem in the ftdi-cpp-wrapper
> worth a change in the ftdi-c-lib? I will try to commit it if possible
> today, otherwise next week.

Thanks for the info. Just send your patch to the list
and then we can find out if it's the only solution or not.

Cheers,
Thomas

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