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diff --git a/results/scraper/launchpad-without-comments/1902306 b/results/scraper/launchpad-without-comments/1902306 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..43cdda1b --- /dev/null +++ b/results/scraper/launchpad-without-comments/1902306 @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +Allow setting usb storage device ID parameters + +Some stubborn software requires certain VID/PID/Serial to authenticate and refuses to start in emulation. This poses a problem with unsupported programs which often require keeping an ancient hardware praying that the USB stick will not die before the (often defunct) company making it. + +Virtualizing such environment is desired. However, QEMU doesn't allow setting VID/PID/Serial/Name of emulated USB devices, but instead uses hardcoded values: https://github.com/qemu/qemu/blob/c99fa56b95a72f6debd50a280561895d078ae020/hw/usb/dev-storage.c#L95 + +This request (including a patch) was already made in 2015 on the list but never got any response: https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-discuss/2015-07/msg00072.html + + +WDYT of adding such functionality? \ No newline at end of file |