Consider changing the default Linux backend for hidraw to support Bluetooth

ruabmbua / hidapi-rs

Rust bindings for the hidapi C library

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Consider changing the default Linux backend for hidraw to support Bluetooth #60

Closed thomasgauthier closed 3 years ago

thomasgauthier commented 3 years ago

The default features right now do not support Bluetooth devices on Linux which is unfortunate. Are there any stability/safety reasons for defaulting to libusb?

ruabmbua commented 3 years ago

I am using the hidraw interface myself all the time. When the library was originally created, I decided to stick with libusb because many linux distros had issues with hidraw at the time (there was a bug affecting some kernels).

I am not aware, if any of these affected versions are still in use.

If you want you can send a PR to change the default backend, or maybe just add a note to the readme for people who are not aware about bluetooth support, when the kernel interface is used directly.