[Bug 35903] CED1401 Device connected through USB not found

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35903

Anastasius Focht <focht at gmx.net> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Keywords|                            |download
                URL|                            |http://www.ced.co.uk/files/
                   |                            |winsupp.exe
                 CC|                            |focht at gmx.net
            Version|unspecified                 |1.7.16

--- Comment #10 from Anastasius Focht <focht at gmx.net> ---
Hello Alois,

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Probably this bug report should be renamed to "wine is missing ced_usb.sys"
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That proprietary driver is provided by the vendor CED Ltd. and is not part of
Windows OS (Microsoft).
Hence it can't be part of Wine ever.

Building an outdated Wine 1.4.x with USB patches is kind of pointless.
The externally referenced USB patchset has a limited scope/usefulness - it's
not meant to enable/run any kind of class/hardware driver.
Custom patched Wine versions are *not* supported here anyway.

Your "recipes" are basically hacks around some missing driver installation.
You could try to force an install through 'wine rundll32
setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection ...' on the provided .inf file.

The main point you are missing/confusing here is that Wine is *not* an
operating system.
Wine doesn't have the proper architecture/design on the "kernel" part which is
required to support various kinds of hardware drivers (not even talking about
layered ones).
I could proceed with things like missing PnP device manager, etc.

If you feel confident enough you could try to wrap the userspace part, that is
likely a dll interfacing the driver into a winelib.
Reverse engineering a vendor library/API can be a very daunting task, given the
device is recognized with the Linux kernel.
It's likely not worth the time.

You should have really checked for native Linux support from the vendor before
purchasing hardware/software.
Don't by products from vendors that have a Windows lock-in.

Regards

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