From: Xiaofan Chen on
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 6:01 AM, David Brownell <david-b(a)pacbell.net> wrote:
>> Or does Windows really care about the vid/pid for
>> a class device somehow?
>
> My understanding is that it does, since it really
> doesn't have a good concept of "class" being the
> generic thing. �INF files embed VIDS/PIDS even
> for drivers implementing class specs. �MSFT was
> being stupid again...
>

It depends. For Mass Storage device and HID device,
no INF file is needed. So the VID/PID really does not
matter for them. For CDC-ACM or USB RNDIS,
an INF is needed.


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