0caf:25c7 — Hi-Speed USB-to-IDE Bridge Controller
Buslink
- Vendor ID
- 0caf
- Product ID
- 25c7
- Combined
- 0caf:25c7
- Decimal
- 3247:9671
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Hi-Speed USB-to-IDE Bridge Controller manufactured by Buslink. The vendor ID 0caf is registered to Buslink with the USB Implementers Forum, and 25c7 is the product ID that Buslink assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0caf:25c7 Buslink Hi-Speed USB-to-IDE Bridge Controller.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0caf:25c7 Buslink Hi-Speed USB-to-IDE Bridge Controller
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0caf:25c7, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0caf:25c7. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0caf, idProduct=25c7.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0CAF&PID_25C7 USB\VID_0CAF&PID_25C7&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0CAF&PID_25C7"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Hi-Speed USB-to-IDE Bridge Controller:
Product ID: 0x25c7
Vendor ID: 0x0caf (Buslink)Driver help
Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page.
Raw usb.ids entry
The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:
0caf Buslink 25c7 Hi-Speed USB-to-IDE Bridge Controller