On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 11:11:11AM +0100, Dave Higton wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Greg KH > > Sent: 2006-Aug-22 01:11 > > To: Mortha, Prakash > > Cc: linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Linux-usb-users] How to integrate USB to Serial > > Converter"CP2103" to Linux 2.4.32 > > [snip] > > > In short, stay away from this manufacturer. There are many other good > > usb to serial chips out there that work very well with linux. > > Can you name one or two, please? Especially any that publish their > USB specification. I've not found a way to extract any manufacturer > names and part numbers from the Linux docs or sources. (I probably > don't know how or where to look properly.)
The ftdi_sio device (from FTDI) is very nice, and Linux friendly. The pl2303 chip from prolific is also good, but the specs are only availble to people who by the chip. The cypress_m8 driver works for the cypress chip that is also available. Hope this helps, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
