Re: [Ftdi-usb-sio-devel] ftdi 232BM bit bang

[guido s. <gu...@li...>]

OK, sounds good. I will ask ftdi for programming information.
Brix, I hope we can develop something together. It would be
my first real Kernel hack. I hope you have a bit more experience.

On Wed, Dec 11, 2002, br...@gi... (Henrik Brix Andersen) wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 23:09, guido socher wrote:
> > Has anybody worked with the new bit bang mode of the FT232BM?
> 
> Not yet. I have ordered a few sample devices, but haven't recieved them
> yet.
> 
> > There is an application note ( http://www.ftdichip.com/FTApp.htm )
> > but it says nothing about the actual interface. The application
> > note just introduces 3 functions and it does not even say how the
> > can be implemented (in linux).
> 
> Unfortunately, the only information from FTDI seems to be how to use
> their closed source windows drivers. :(
> 
> > Do we still need to write bit bang support for linux or is there
> > something?
> 
> I will definately need it for my device, so if it is not yet available,
> I will have to figure out how to do it. When I do, I will of course
> share it on this list. I hope others will do the same...
> 
> Sincerely,
> ./Brix
> PS: I am also looking for information on how to read/write the external
> EEPROM of the FT232BM chip...
> -- 
> Henrik Brix Andersen <br...@gi...>
> 
> "In addition to these ample facilities, there exists a powerful
> configuration tool called gcc."
>                                 -- Elliot Hughes, author of lwm
> 

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