[BRLTTY] Braille displays vs. USB-to-serial adapters

[Samuel Thibault]

Hello,

Mike Gorse, on Tue 07 Feb 2017 17:18:35 -0500, wrote:
> I'm wondering if applying the patch from upstream would be enough to keep
> brltty from doing this. I'm guessing not, since it appears that Hims and
> HandyTech displays have their manufacturer set to "FTDI", which I'd think
> would make them indistinguishable from standalone USB-to-serial adapters,

Yes. But at least distinguishable from FTDI chips integrated in some
boards.

> but debian still has a udev rule that starts brltty if one of these devices
> with "FTDI" as its manufacturer is connected,

Yes, but only in the installer. Installed systems don't have that udev
rule.

Samuel