serial_hid: restrict .list() result set, supported chips only

The --list-serial output was excessively large for the HID transport,
listing mice and keyboards and other stuff that could never by used
for serial communication. Especially when one device provided multiple
interfaces, and on Windows where paths are rather long by default.

Limit the result set of the HID transport's .list() operation. Only
consider connections that we know how to communicate to (supported
chip type). The others are not usable anyway, so there is no point in
presenting them to the user.

diff --git a/src/serial_hid.c b/src/serial_hid.c
index ac9afaca6f46ba8c58c2a5c17b02154766d9833b..221bb6af43b37adb35287f8c35b3144387591263 100644 (file)
--- a/src/serial_hid.c
+++ b/src/serial_hid.c
@@ -181,9 +181,10 @@ static char *extract_hidapi_path(const char *copy)
 }
 
 /*
- * The HIDAPI specific list() callback, invoked by common serial.c code.
- * Enumerate all devices (no VID:PID is involved).
- * Invoke an 'append' callback with "path" and "name".
+ * Enumerate all devices (no VID:PID is involved). Invoke an 'append'
+ * callback with "path" and "name". Exclusively list connections that
+ * involve supported chip types, because mice and keyboards etc are not
+ * too useful to communicate to measurement equipment.
  */
 static GSList *ser_hid_hidapi_list(GSList *list, sr_ser_list_append_t append)
 {
@@ -197,14 +198,14 @@ static GSList *ser_hid_hidapi_list(GSList *list, sr_ser_list_append_t append)
        devs = hid_enumerate(0x0000, 0x0000);
        for (curdev = devs; curdev; curdev = curdev->next) {
                /*
-                * Determine the chip name from VID:PID (if it's one of
-                * the supported types with an ID known to us).
+                * Determine the chip name from VID:PID. Exlusively list
+                * supported connection types (known chips).
                 */
                vid = curdev->vendor_id;
                pid = curdev->product_id;
                chipname = ser_hid_chip_find_name_vid_pid(vid, pid);
                if (!chipname)
-                       chipname = "<chip>";
+                       continue;
 
                /*
                 * Prefix port names such that open() calls with this