#11362: Support counterfeit FTDI devices that were bricked by FTDI's Windows
driver
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Reporter: waddlesplash | Owner: mmlr
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Drivers/USB | Version: R1/Development
Keywords: | Blocked By:
Blocking: | Has a Patch: 0
Platform: All |
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For what that means, please see:
[https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/525126731431038977/photo/1
dissasembly of the Windows FTDI driver],
[https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/23/129 attempts by FTDI to get Linux to do
the same], and
[https://twitter.com/mikelectricstuf/status/524931451717165056 FTDI's
response that shows it's intentional].
Looking at [http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=141403510729881&w=2 Linux's
pending patch for this], it appears all we need to do is to add a PID of
{{{0}}} to the list [http://grok.bikemonkey.org/source/xref/haiku/src/add-
ons/kernel/drivers/ports/usb_serial/FTDI.h#21 here].
As to why we should support these "counterfeit" devices:
* They are extremely widespread (e.g. all Arduinos will be bricked by
this)
* Most consumers have no idea which one is in their device, we shouldn't
punish consumers for something done by the manufacturer.
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/11362>
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