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		mlindner on Oct 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I have come to bury the BIOS, not to open it [vide... In fact the mouse doesn't tell the operating system that it's a mouse. The operating system reads that off as part of the hardware USB handshake what the device is. USB is an example of a system done largely correctly as compared to all the other processors embedded into a SoC.

stefan_ on Oct 10, 2022 | [–]

Based on USB descriptors filled out by the mouse vendor and sent by the mouse. Thanks for playing.

95014_refugee on Oct 10, 2022 | [–]

This is perhaps the first time I've heard "USB" and "correctly" in a clause without a negative.

I encourage you to spend more time with it. Meet your hero. Get to know it. Understanding will surely follow. 8)

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