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On 8/16/2011 8:03 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Just a matter of my finding some time to do it. I deferred it quite
> a bit since newer versions are more and more difficult to build. I
> eventually gave up trying to build the driver and filter, and went on
> packing the library only. The user will have to install the driver and
> filter separately from the upstream installer.

Yes, especially as with newer 64bit Windows OSs, drivers must be
digitally signed -- which means the build (you?) would need to purchase
a digital cert...  libusb has already done this, and their builds of the
drivers ARE signed, so...

--
Chuck


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