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Diffstat (limited to 'host/lib/device.cpp')
| -rw-r--r-- | host/lib/device.cpp | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/host/lib/device.cpp b/host/lib/device.cpp index 82052708a..4b64e4a15 100644 --- a/host/lib/device.cpp +++ b/host/lib/device.cpp @@ -32,9 +32,16 @@ using namespace uhd; * Create a new device from a device address. * Based on the address, call the appropriate make functions. * \param dev_addr the device address + * \param hint the device address that was used to find the device * \return a smart pointer to a device */ -static device::sptr make_device(const device_addr_t &dev_addr){ +static device::sptr make_device(const device_addr_t &dev_addr_, const device_addr_t &hint){ + //copy keys that were in hint but not in dev_addr + //this way, we can pass additional transport arguments + device_addr_t dev_addr = dev_addr_; + BOOST_FOREACH(std::string key, hint.get_keys()){ + if (not dev_addr.has_key(key)) dev_addr[key] = hint[key]; + } //create a usrp1e if (dev_addr["type"] == "usrp1e"){ @@ -46,7 +53,9 @@ static device::sptr make_device(const device_addr_t &dev_addr){ return usrp::usrp2::make(dev_addr); } - throw std::runtime_error("cant make a device"); + throw std::runtime_error(str( + boost::format("Cant make a device for %s") % device_addr::to_string(dev_addr) + )); } /*! @@ -126,7 +135,7 @@ device::sptr device::make(const device_addr_t &hint, size_t which){ } //create and register a new device catch(const std::assert_error &e){ - device::sptr dev = make_device(dev_addr); + device::sptr dev = make_device(dev_addr, hint); hash_to_device[dev_hash] = dev; return dev; } |