Re: [PATCH] usb: serial: Perform verification for FTDI FT232R devices

From: Mark Brown
Date: Thu Oct 23 2014 - 08:55:33 EST


On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 12:18:15PM +0100, One Thousand Gnomes wrote:
> > > drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c | 111 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > > drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.h | 41 ++++++++++++++++
> > > 2 files changed, 151 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

> > Funny patch, you should have saved it for April 1, otherwise people
> > might have actually taken this seriously :)

> > Patches as performance art, now I've seen everything...

> Chuckle. Sillyness aside a pure detection version of that patch might be
> useful so it can warn users "Running Windows may damage your adapter" 8)

The EEPROM read function might also be interesting too, especially with
a userspace interface for reading it back.

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