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kovidgoyal · 08-04-2007, 03:06 AM

Actually that's not quite true. I could probably make libusb play nice with the connect software but then the connect software would become a dependency of libprs500 on windows, which I don't want.

The fundamental reason is windows idiotic driver architecture that makes it impossible to have two apps install drivers for the same device independently.

What I will do is make the installation of the USB drivers optional on windows so if people only want to use the conversion tools of libprs500 they can do so.

08-04-2007, 03:06 AM	#9
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,429 Karma: 27757236 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Actually that's not quite true. I could probably make libusb play nice with the connect software but then the connect software would become a dependency of libprs500 on windows, which I don't want. The fundamental reason is windows idiotic driver architecture that makes it impossible to have two apps install drivers for the same device independently. What I will do is make the installation of the USB drivers optional on windows so if people only want to use the conversion tools of libprs500 they can do so. Last edited by kovidgoyal; 08-04-2007 at 03:09 AM.