diff eeproms/fc-jtag @ 10:7b113ad594c0

eeproms/fc-jtag: better comments
author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
date Fri, 06 Apr 2018 02:03:50 +0000
parents b991cf09f1da
children 60b8cf977c3f
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--- a/eeproms/fc-jtag	Fri Apr 06 02:01:46 2018 +0000
+++ b/eeproms/fc-jtag	Fri Apr 06 02:03:50 2018 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 # This EEPROM configuration will be programmed into FreeCalypso UART+JTAG
-# adapters (custom hw) based on the FT2232D chip.
+# adapters (custom hw) based on the FT2232D chip.  The hardware is currently
+# under development; once it progresses past the vaporware phase, we are
+# going to submit a patch to the ftdi_sio driver in the Linux kernel to
+# recognize and handle this USB device similarly to several other already
+# existing UART+JTAG adapters of this kind, creating a ttyUSBx device
+# only for Channel B (UART), but not for Channel A (MPSSE JTAG).
+#
+# The distinctive custom USB ID will also help with the custom OpenOCD
+# configuration specific to our particular wiring of the reset and other
+# control signals that accompany JTAG, making our FreeCalypso UART+JTAG
+# adapter easier to identify among other FTDI-based USB devices.
 
 vid 0x0403	# FTDI
-pid 0x7150	# assigned by FTDI to Falconia Partners LLC
+pid 0x7150	# Allocated by FTDI to Falconia Partners LLC
 manuf Harhan
 product FreeCalypso UART+JTAG Adapter