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RE: [PATCH 1/3] mfd: Add support for FTDI FT232H devices

From David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject RE: [PATCH 1/3] mfd: Add support for FTDI FT232H devices
Date 2017-07-19 15:40 +0200
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From: Anatolij Gustschin
> Sent: 19 July 2017 14:30
...
> >Stupid question, I know, but I cannot help thinking: If you have an
> >EEPROM then why the h... don't you use an application specific device
> >ID?
> 
> It would make sense for adapter devices that you can buy and plug.
> In my particular case the configuration device with FTDI chips is
> internal part of embedded board, the configuration interface is
> never exposed to end users. I doesn't make sense to register an
> ID for such hardware.

Sounds like you should absolutely be registering an ID so that
nothing can try to use it using the default one.

	David

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Re: [PATCH 1/3] mfd: Add support for FTDI FT232H devices Anatolij Gustschin <agust@denx.de> - 2017-07-19 15:30 +0200
  RE: [PATCH 1/3] mfd: Add support for FTDI FT232H devices David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM> - 2017-07-19 15:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/3] mfd: Add support for FTDI FT232H devices Anatolij Gustschin <agust@denx.de> - 2017-07-19 17:10 +0200

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