Re: [PATCH] New VID/PID pair for i2c-tiny-usb

[Jean Delvare <khali-PUYAD+kWke1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>]

Hi Till,

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:47:21 +0100, Till Harbaum / Lists wrote:
> Am Mittwoch 26 März 2008 schrieb Jean Delvare:
> > Note: your e-mail client is wrapping long lines -> patch doesn't apply.
> I thought i've verified that, but obviously it happened anyway.
> 
> > Please use a single /* */ pair for multi-line comments.
> Ok
> 
> > Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but if you already have a device
> > ID, what's the point of switching to another? The original ID is not
> > going to be deprecated and/or used for something else, is it?
> The original id was donated by ftdi without stating anywhere that the id has 
> to be used with their products. So i used it for the i2c-tiny-usb which 
> obviously isn't based on a ftdi chipset. I've been told that ftdi has changed 
> that policy lately. While i don't expect them to actually ask me not to use 
> their id without using the chips i thought it was clever to switch to an id 
> i've explicitely bought to avoid future problems with ftdis new policies. 
> I'll change the id from the ftdi ones to the ones i recently bought on all my 
> projects. Just to avoid future problems as early as possible.
> 
> Does this make sense?

Yes it does, thanks for clarifying. Please send an updated patch and
I'll apply it.

> Updated patch will follow.

Do you plan to phase out the old VID/PID pair? If so, I'll have to send
you back my i2c-tiny-usb device for a firmware update.

-- 
Jean Delvare

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