Improve Windows libusb backend detection#802
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Summary
This change explicitly initializes the bundled
libusb-1.0.dllwhen running on Windows.On my Windows 10 system, PyUSB was unable to automatically locate the bundled library, preventing communication with Qualcomm EDL devices.
By explicitly passing the bundled DLL to
usb.backend.libusb1.get_backend(), communication with the device was successfully established.Tested configuration
Successfully verified:
Notes
This change has currently been tested on the configuration above and is intended to improve Windows compatibility where the bundled
libusb-1.0.dllis not automatically detected.