Fwiw, from first-hand experience the Linux USB maintainers (thanks Johan Hovold!) go beyond the call of duty to support even the shadiest knockoff hardware. If you bought it for $2/each from Hong Kong, and it doesn't immediately catch on fire, odds are that you can get it supported if you are willing to build some test kernels and report on the behavior you see. ;-)
On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 8:30 AM Galen Seitz <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/7/19 7:28 AM, Johnathan Mantey wrote: > > I'm guessing the Prolific chip in the converter is a knock off, and has > > been intentionally disabled by the latest Windoze versions. FTDI and > > Prolific both have a problem with counterfeit devices. The solution they > > applied was to make their drivers refuse to work with counterfeit HW. > I've > > found Linux to be more forgiving. > > Based on my experience with a USB to TTL serial converter, I'd be > hesitant to use anything with a counterfeit chip. Of course, some > knockoff designs may be better than others. > > < > https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RDH054R4VD4S6/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B0153718YQ > > > > galen > -- > Galen Seitz > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
