linux-credentials/credentialsd

Enumerate available transports

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#32 opened on May 22, 2025

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Description

Right now, available transports are just hard-coded in the credential service (here). We should change this to query the system for available USB and Bluetooth controllers to determine which transports we should make display to the user for selection.

(Eventually, this will also need to include linked hybrid devices, but for now, let's focus on the hardware enumeration.)

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Research direction
Investigate how to enumerate USB and Bluetooth controllers on Linux using udev or sysfs. Then integrate this into the credential service to dynamically determine available transports.
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rust
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backend
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