On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:16:23 -0400, you wrote:

>>On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 10:29 -0400, Chris Smolinski wrote:
>>>  I run into this with FTDI chips. They in fact added the unique serial
>>>  number as a "feature". The PC I use for programming them has over a
>>>  hundred COM ports so far. I am not sure when Windows will run out ;-)
>>>  AFAIK you can program them with the same serial number, but in order
>>>  to program them, you have to plug them in, and Windows needs to
>>>  install the driver...
>>>
>>>  One solution would be to write a programmer for the Mac; it doesn't
>>>  install a new driver for each device. It is smart enough to realize
>>>  the existing driver works OK. Hmm.. since the direct drivers are now
>>>  out for the Mac, that's a possibility...     I wonder if the same is
>>>  true for lunix also.
>>
>>For linux the common USB->serial converter drivers are either built
>>directly into the kernel, or dynamically loaded as a driver module on
>>bootup. There is no "driver install" step. As with some many thing on
>>Linux these days: "you plug it in, and it just works".
>>
>>Who would have thought there would be a day where installing a new
>>device in Linux would be LESS work and bother then Windows?
>
>I need to look into it and see how much work it would be to write a 
>simple FTDI programmer. One less task that requires use of my windows 
>machine is always a good thing.

When the vinculum chip came out, I emailed them to suggest that a standalone FTxxx programmer would
be a really good application for it.... mprog can be a real PITA to use sometimes, especially on
chips that have already been programmed as COM port type devices.

  

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