From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262816AbUKTAeP (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Nov 2004 19:34:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262743AbUKTAcs (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Nov 2004 19:32:48 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:51852 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262816AbUKTA2T (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Nov 2004 19:28:19 -0500 Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 16:27:48 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Pete Zaitcev Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux support for SiLabs CP2102 devices Message-ID: <20041120002748.GA19943@kroah.com> References: <20041119162255.607e9be2@lembas.zaitcev.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041119162255.607e9be2@lembas.zaitcev.lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 04:22:55PM -0800, Pete Zaitcev wrote: > On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:39:08 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > If people are looking for a good usb to serial chip that is supported on > > Linux, Windows, and OS-X, there's the PL2303 device from Prolific, and > > the FTDI-SIO chip, and the MCT-U232 chip. All of these work very well > > on Linux, and are fully supported by all distros. I think they even > > might be cheaper than the CP2102 device too :) > > The Magic Technology has ignored my requests to provide documentation for > either Intel or Phillips based version of their kit. The mct_u232 was > developed by reverse engineering the code, so it's probably not a good > example. Ah, didn't realize that. Actually, the pl2303 driver was reverse engineered too, with no specs, and now the company referrs people asking questions about their Linux support to me :) > Why did you omit Keyspan? I thought they had reasonable policies, if we > ignore debian-legal issue for the moment. I was pointing out usb to serial chips that people could put into their product design. Keyspan doesn't offer up such a chip, only a complete solution of a usb to serial converter (from what I can tell.) thanks, greg k-h