Messages in this thread | | | From | Bjørn Mork <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] mfd: Add support for FTDI FT232H devices | Date | Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:11:46 +0200 |
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Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> writes: > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 08:52:37AM +0200, Anatolij Gustschin wrote: > >> For devices with connected EEPROM some modes (including UART) are >> configurable in the EEPROM. For devices without EEPROM the default >> mode is always UART, but FIFO-, Bitbang- and MPSSE-mode can be >> switched via commands to the the chip. > > IIRC we should be able read from the EEPROM, and I would at least expect > there to be a way to retrieve the current mode as well.
Stupid question, I know, but I cannot help thinking: If you have an EEPROM then why the h... don't you use an application specific device ID?
Bjørn
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