Re: Product ID for ftdi_sio

Greg KH <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usb.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 10:41:19AM +0100, Gard Spreemann wrote:
> Hi. I don't know if this is the correct list to hit, so please excuse me if 
> it's not. 
> 
> I have a DLP-TILT with an FT232RL with PID 0xfbfa which I couldn't get working 
> with the ftdi_sio drivers. I emailed FTDI, and they suggested adding the PID 
> to ftdi_sio.h. I changed FTDI_SIO_PID to 0xfbfa to get the device working, 
> instead of adding a new PID. This worked fine. Should perhaps the 0xfbfa PID, 
> corresponding to the FT232RL, which as far as I can see is not handled in 
> ftdi_sio anywhere, be added to future releases so that other users won't have 
> to add it manually? I don't know about your policies about these things, but 
> I thought I'd ask.

Sure, we can add that device id to the driver itself.  How about making
a patch against the latest kernel tree and sending it to me in the
format described in Documentation/SubmittingPatches?  That way you will
get the proper credit for the change.

thanks,

greg k-h

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