On 2008-03-12, Mark Rages <[email protected]> wrote:

>>  That's an excellent tip, though I recently ended up with two
>>  USB-serial based widgets both based on the same chip (IIRC, the
>>  pl2303), and the flippin' vendors didn't bother to modify any
>>  of the default values, so they both show up as generic PL2303
>>  serial ports and there's no way for udev to tell them apart. :/
>>
>
> They're too cheap to include the eeprom.

I assume that's the case (I never pulled the devices apart to
look).

> You can always add your own:
> 1) get an old DIMM stick
> 2) plug in the dimm and reprogram per pl2303 datasheet and
>    http://lm-sensors.org/wiki/HardwareHacking
> 3) desolder the eeprom off the dimm and tack it on your USB
>    adapter with magnet wires.

I don't have to use the two devices at the same time often
enough to go to that much effort.  It's easier just whining
about it. :)

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