[Ftdi-usb-sio-devel] Non-standard Product ID (PID)

[John W. <joh...@wi...>]

Hi,
For a couple of months now I've been using an ftdi based serial-to-usb
device supplied by my ISP.  Needless to say the ISP doesnt "support"
linux but with a bit of moderate hacking I've got the ftdi driver to
work quite well.

However, the ftdi-based convertor exhibits a different Product ID (PID)
to the ones suggested in the .h file (it reports 0xfe38 instead of
0x6001).  So when the device is plugged in, or the module insmod'ed the
device is not recognised by the driver.

I've got around this by adding the PID to the .h file and added a new
entry to the usb_device_id tables at the top of the .c file.  This works
well and now the device is recognised by the driver.  However, I want
to get away from having to patch the ftdi driver if possible - 
especially as the rest of the operation uses the 8U232AM code exactly
(that's what the convertor is based on).

My question is, should I ask for the PID/VID codes for this device to
be added to the maintained sources or is there a way to "alias" the 
VID/PID so that my device's codes get "translated" to the standard ones
defined in the .h?

Hope that makes sense!

john