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1 USB PIDs 0x7150 through 0x7157 out of FTDI's VID 0x0403 have been officially
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2 allocated by FTDI to Falconia Partners LLC for use in our company's hardware
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3 products based on FTDI chips. The sole authority for further assignment and
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4 use of these USB IDs rests with Mychaela N. Falconia and no one else.
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6 Falconia-made vs off-the-shelf hardware
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9 The common-sense ethical rules imposed by FTDI on the use of USB PIDs allocated
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10 out of their VID 0x0403 stipulate that these USB IDs may be assigned only to
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11 board-level products that use FTDI chips. However, in the case of USB PIDs
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12 allocated by FTDI to Falconia Partners LLC, there is no specific requirement
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13 that all board-level products using these ID codes must be physically
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14 manufactured by our company: we can also program these ID codes into FTDI chip
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15 EEPROMs on various off-the-shelf boards made by parties other than us, as long
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16 as (1) those off-the-shelf boards feature genuine FTDI-made chips and (2) we as
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17 in Falconia Partners LLC retain full control and sole deciding authority as to
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18 which boards we program these ID codes into, when and how.
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20 As of 2023-07, we have only one board-level product with an FTDI chip that was
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21 physically manufactured by us: our FreeCalypso DUART28 adapter, produced in
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22 year 2020. That board has two supported EEPROM configurations, switchable by
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23 end users, one of which uses an FTDI-Falconia USB ID code. Aside from this
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24 Falconia-made DUART28, we've been programming FTDI-Falconia USB ID codes into
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25 some off-the-shelf boards with FTDI chips:
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27 * In earlier years we made heavy use of generic FT2232D breakout boards made by
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28 PLDkit OU in Estonia. We are not sure if that original company still makes
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29 them or not, but the person behind that company name did eventually sell us
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30 their Gerber files, and we have published them here:
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32 ftp://ftp.freecalypso.org/pub/USB/FTDI/
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34 Given that we have a stash of FT2232D chips and given that we still have use
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35 cases for these generic breakout boards, we have a tentative plan to produce
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36 our own Falconia-branded version of the same adapter/breakout board.
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38 * We are now starting to play with iCE40 FPGA designs using a Lattice iCEstick
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39 board, and we quickly discovered that instead of programming their FT2232H
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40 EEPROM with a distinguishing VID:PID code, Lattice left that EEPROM blank.
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41 To fix the problem of Linux kernel creating a bogus ttyUSB device for FT2232H
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42 Channel A which subsequently disappears when the developer-operator runs
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43 iceprog, we program the EEPROM ourselves, using one of our FTDI-Falconia PIDs
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44 that is recognized by mainline Linux (since 2020-09) as a "JTAG quirk" device,
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45 binding a ttyUSB device only to Channel B.
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47 Specific hw product vs particular desired treatment from Linux kernel
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48 =====================================================================
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50 The original intent being USB VID:PID codes was to assign a different ID code
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51 to each different physical hardware product. However, when it comes to
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52 assigning different USB ID codes to various FTDI-based boards where the actual
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53 chip always stays the same, there is only one reason to program any custom ID
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54 codes at all: to elicit special treatment from the ftdi_sio driver in the Linux
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55 kernel. If the EEPROM is omitted, left blank or programmed with the chip-
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56 default VID:PID code, the ftdi_sio driver will bind a ttyUSB device to every
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57 channel of a multichannel FT2232x or FT4232H chip; the only reason why anyone
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58 would wish to program a non-standard USB ID code and (in all cases but one) go
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59 through the pain of getting that code added to Linux is if this default ftdi_sio
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60 driver behaviour is undesirable and some different special handling is desired
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61 or required:
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63 * Some FTDI-based designs support non-UART functions only and should be ignored
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64 altogether by the ftdi_sio driver. In these cases, program a USB ID code
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65 that is not known at all to this Linux kernel driver.
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67 * In many designs FT2232x Channel A is used for MPSSE (JTAG or SPI), while
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68 Channel B is used as a UART. In this case the desire is to tell the ftdi_sio
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69 driver to bind a ttyUSB device only to Channel B, and there is an ever-growing
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70 list of USB ID codes (typically one or more from each board maker who ran into
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71 this issue) that are recognized by the ftdi_sio driver as "JTAG quirk"
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72 devices.
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74 * In yet other cases some other special quirk other than "skip Channel A for
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75 JTAG" is desired from the ftdi_sio driver. We have one such use case in
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76 FreeCalypso: we have dual-UART configurations (FT2232x chip, both channels
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77 used as UARTs and need ttyUSB devices) in which the ttyUSB device for
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78 Channel A needs to be fully standard, but the one for Channel B is modified
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79 with a special quirk - see our Linux-DTR-RTS-flaw article.
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81 Specific FTDI-Falconia PID assignments
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82 ======================================
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84 Our original plan was to assign specific ID codes out of our allocated range to
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85 specific hw products of our own design and make, following the classic model
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86 for USB VID:PID assignments. However, upon gaining some years of real-life
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87 experience, we have switched to a Linux-centric model: we assign USB ID codes
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88 based not on what physical hw it is, but on what kind of special treatment we
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89 seek from the ftdi_sio driver in Linux.
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91 Furthermore and in an unconventional stance, we (Falconia family, doing business
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92 as Falconia Partners LLC) explicitly allow any member of FOSS & OSHW community,
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93 without any need to communicate with us, to program some of our FTDI-Falconia
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94 USB PIDs into their own FTDI-based boards, under one essential condition - any
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95 non-Falconia party who wishes to use one of our FTDI-Falconia USB PIDs may do
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96 so if and only if:
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98 * The specific PID code you wish to reuse is explicitly listed in the present
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99 document as being eligible for third-party reuse;
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101 * The manner in which you use that PID code is exactly as prescribed in this
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102 document, not any other way.
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104 VID 0x0403, PIDs 0x7150 and 0x7151
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105 ==================================
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107 USB ID codes 0403:7150 and 0403:7151 are recognized by the ftdi_sio driver in
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108 mainline Linux (since 2020-09) as "JTAG quirk" devices: the driver binds only
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109 to Channel B and creates only one ttyUSB device. We (Falconia) grant permission
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110 to anyone in FOSS & OSHW community to reuse either of these two ID codes in
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111 their own FTDI-based board designs, or in their own personal programming of ID
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112 EEPROMs on off-the-shelf FTDI-based boards, provided that:
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114 * The FTDI chip is either FT2232C/D/L or FT2232H, genuine FTDI;
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116 * Your intent with respect to handling from the ftdi_sio driver in Linux (or
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117 its equivalent in other operating systems) is the same as ours: create a
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118 ttyUSB device for Channel B only, while Channel A remains unbound.
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120 Choice between 0x7150 and 0x7151
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123 Our original intent was to use PID 0x7150 for a planned buffered JTAG adapter
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124 which we ended up never actually making, while 0x7151 was allocated for
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125 programming into generic FT2232D breakout boards for an unbuffered JTAG adapter
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126 configuration. As of 2023-07, that previously planned distinction is now
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128 that needs "JTAG quirk" handling from the ftdi_sio driver.
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129
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130 When to comes to our own (Falconia/FreeCalypso) usage, our current plan as of
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131 2023-07 is to use PID 0x7150 for FPGA boards that use FT2232x Channel A for
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132 FPGA configuration and/or FPGA SPI flash programming, and use PID 0x7151 for
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133 all JTAG adapters, buffered or unbuffered. However, other FOSS & OSHW community
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134 members may use either PID, as long as the requirements listed above are met.
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135
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136 USB ID 0x0403:0x7152
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137 ====================
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139 For this FTDI-Falconia PID *NO* outside use permission is currently granted: we
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140 as in Falconia family, doing business as Falconia Partners LLC, reserve this
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141 FTDI-allocated PID for use in our own products only. We use this USB ID on
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142 multiple hardware products, all of which meet the following criteria:
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143
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144 * The FTDI chip is two-channel FT2232x;
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146 * Both channels are wired as UARTs and actually used as such, thus needing two
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147 ttyUSB devices in Linux;
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148
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149 * Channel A is a fully standard UART, no special quirks;
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150
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151 * The ttyUSB device for Channel B must be given a special quirk: automatic
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152 assertion of DTR & RTS upon device open MUST be suppressed, while TIOCMBIS
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153 and TIOCMBIC ioctls remain available for explicit user control of these two
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154 signals.
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155
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156 The original user of this USB ID code is the 'C' configuration of our DUART28
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157 hardware adapter (thus forming DUART28C); our current plan is to reuse the same
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158 wiring arrangement and the same USB ID code on our upcoming FC Venus board.
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159
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160 USB ID 0x0403:0x7153
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161 ====================
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162
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163 This USB ID code is explicitly reserved for community use - specifically, for
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164 anyone who needs the same suppression of DTR & RTS auto-assertion which we've
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165 implemented for 0x0403:0x7152, but needs it on a single-channel FTDI device, or
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166 on all channels of a multichannel FTDI chip. We (Falconia) grant permission to
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167 anyone in FOSS & OSHW community to use this USB ID code in their own FTDI-based
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168 board designs, or in their own personal programming of ID EEPROMs on off-the-
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169 shelf FTDI-based boards, provided that:
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170
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171 * The chip is genuine FTDI;
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172
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173 * Your intent with respect to handling from the ftdi_sio driver in Linux (or
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174 its equivalent in other operating systems) is the same as ours: intentionally
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175 make this particular ttyUSB device non-POSIX-compliant by NOT automatically
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176 raising DTR and RTS on open, instead leaving all control over these two
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177 signals up to userspace via explicit TIOCMBIS and TIOCMBIC ioctls.
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179 VID 0x0403, PIDs 0x7154 through 0x7156
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180 ======================================
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182 These 3 FTDI-Falconia PIDs are currently unassigned. NO permission is granted
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183 to any outside parties to use any of these unassigned PIDs.
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185 USB ID 0x0403:0x7157
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186 ====================
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188 This USB ID code is reserved for FTDI-based board-level gadgets that are
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189 entirely non-UART and should be skipped altogether by the ftdi_sio driver.
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190 Examples include, but are not limited to single-channel FT232H used for JTAG or
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191 other MPSSE applications, FT2232H with both channels wired for MPSSE, or FT2232x
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192 in MCU host bus emulation mode. We (Falconia) grant permission to anyone in
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193 FOSS & OSHW community to use this USB ID code in their own FTDI-based board
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194 designs, or in their own personal programming of ID EEPROMs on off-the-shelf
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195 FTDI-based boards, provided that:
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197 * The chip is genuine FTDI;
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199 * Your intent with respect to handling from the ftdi_sio driver in Linux (or
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200 its equivalent in other operating systems) is the same as ours: have the
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201 driver ignore this FTDI-based USB device altogether and NOT bind to it.
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203 Textual ID strings
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204 ==================
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206 The configuration EEPROM on FTDI chips (internal on FT232R, external on most
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207 others) allows the higher-level integrator to set not only VID:PID codes, but
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208 also textual ID strings for manufacturer and product. We (Falconia/FreeCalypso)
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209 always set meaningful textual ID strings in all of our FTDI EEPROM programming,
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210 and we encourage others to do likewise. Furthermore, because we have switched
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211 to using VID:PID codes to indicate what handling we seek from the ftdi_sio
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212 driver in the Linux kernel, as opposed to identifying more specific hw products
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213 or designs, it is no longer possible to locate specific device types by looking
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214 at VID:PID alone. For this reason, our new philosophy is that userspace
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215 applications that need to locate a specific type of non-UART FTDI device should
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216 match not only by VID:PID, but also by looking for specific product ID strings.