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-rw-r--r--sys/src/cmd/nusb/lib/dev.c15
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/nusb/lib/dev.c b/sys/src/cmd/nusb/lib/dev.c
index 2748dd4a2..f7f57266f 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/nusb/lib/dev.c
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/nusb/lib/dev.c
@@ -205,13 +205,26 @@ char*
loaddevstr(Dev *d, int sid)
{
uchar buf[128];
+ int langid;
int type;
int nr;
if(sid == 0)
return estrdup("none");
type = Rd2h|Rstd|Rdev;
- nr=usbcmd(d, type, Rgetdesc, Dstr<<8|sid, 0, buf, sizeof(buf));
+
+ /*
+ * there are devices which do not return a string if used
+ * with invalid language id, so at least try to use the first
+ * one and choose english if failed
+ */
+ nr=usbcmd(d, type, Rgetdesc, Dstr<<8, 0, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ if(nr < 4)
+ langid = 0x0409; // english
+ else
+ langid = buf[3]<<8|buf[2];
+
+ nr=usbcmd(d, type, Rgetdesc, Dstr<<8|sid, langid, buf, sizeof(buf));
return mkstr(buf, nr);
}