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Actually properly match cameras by name fr this time (#1237)

Our current code matches cameras in this order (which I think is objectively wrong and stupid)

- by-id (/dev/v4l/by-id/product-string)
- by path (/dev/videoN)
- product string/name, but ascii only
- asks cscore to reconnect to cameras using `path`, which on linux is actually /dev/videoN. This isn't guaranteed to stick to a camera if you replug them weirdly at runtime.

This is silly and does not consider the actual physical usb port. I propose instead, in this order:

- By physical usb port path and base name
- by physical usb port path and USB VID/PID
- By base name only (with a toggle switch to disable this, and create a new VisionModule instead)
- Give cscore /dev/video/by-path on Linux systems, pinning Photon USBCameras to a particular usb port once created.

This changes lots of things so stay paranoid!