Windows loads USB drivers based on the vendor id and product id reported by
the device. Are you implying that MacOS and Linux do it differently, by
saying the driver used is based on the chip?
73,
Jim
So, getting USB to work depends on the following:
1. the chip(s) implementing the USB port in your computer;
2. the driver for the chip implementing the USB port in your computer;
3. the chip(s) implementing the serial-to-USB adaptor;
4. the driver provided with the serial-to-USB adaptor.
If you are using a MacOS, Linux, or a flavor of UNIX you will find that
there tend to be only a few generic drivers for this since the drivers are
based on the chip(s) used. Windows requires a vendor- specific driver for
each device. The latter means that even if you get the same hardware
(serial-to-USB converter) from two different vendors (generic Taiwanese
serial-to-USB adaptor), you need two different drivers for Windows but
only one generic driver with MacOS, Linux, or *NIX.
73 de Brian, WB6RQN
Brian Lloyd - brian HYPHEN wb6rqn AT lloyd DOT com
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