On Thursday 18 November 2004 12:39pm, Greg KH wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been getting a lot of requests lately to see if Linux supports the > USB to serial device from Silicon Laboratories called the CP2102 chip. > It turns out that the company is claiming Linux support, yet they are > only shipping a binary driver for Red Hat Linux 9.0. > > In talking with the company, they insist that they will not release the > source code to this module, and they claim that they are not infringing > on any rights by not doing so.
(... snip ...) > So, they are in violation, so what. Well, I can't do much about this > (due to my employer's rules about suing companies). But I can do my > best to spread the word that the CP2102 device is not supported on > Linux, and should be avoided at all costs by anyone considering such a > device in a future design. I encourage everyone else to help spread > this information too. (... snip ...) > So, in conclusion, please stay away from Silicon Laboratories devices, > if you want to run Linux, as they are obviously not supporting Linux in > any way. If anyone has the USB Vendor/Product IDs (VID/PID) for these errant devices, a negative report (maybe including a link back to Greg's post in the Linux-USB-Devel list archives [http:// marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-usb-devel&m=110079963113076&w=2]) should be submitted to the USB 'Working Devices' list for RS-232/USB adapters at: http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdevcat.php?id=12 (I just did a search at that location for 'CP2102' and 'Silicon' and 'SiLabs' and found no entries for any such devices. I don't see any USB VID/PID info about them or their devices in the 'usb.ids' file either.) That might help keep future users away from the devices of a company with such a poorly-thought-out policy. Thank you, Greg, for alerting us to this situation. Bill Marr ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: InterSystems CACHE FREE OODBMS DOWNLOAD - A multidimensional database that combines robust object and relational technologies, making it a perfect match for Java, C++,COM, XML, ODBC and JDBC. www.intersystems.com/match8 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
