----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Ciccone
To: CLFS Support
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 12:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Clfs-support] ftdi_sio
On 05/20/2010 05:20 AM, John Walton wrote:
CLFS-1.1.0-rc1-x86
This version of the book uses linux-2.6.24.7 as the kernel.
Unfortunatly for me the driver
/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c
was not included in this kernel.
It was first included in the 2.4 series.
It was ment to be replaced by a generic driver.
The generic driver did not work and ftdi_sio was later put back.
There are various references to this on the net.
I am not the only person in the world to have this problem.
There are patches for distributions.
1. Is there such a thing is an official patch ?
and if so how do I get it and apply it ?
2. Is it possible to use a later kernel ?
( anyone had experience good or bad )
Official Patches are a git diff from kernel.org around here, if you don't
know how, then might I suggest google?
You can use a later kernel without issues, just remember that any packages
you installed that installed a kernel module will need to be reinstalled.
I have a usb -> serial adapter that I use regularly which uses this driver. I
don't remember ever having an issue with it, I also don't upgrade that
particular system that often either.
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_FTDI_SIO
I can say that it's present in 2.6.33.1.
Many thanks. Going the 2.6.33.1 way.
I watched the git patch demo on youtube even presented by the usb-serial
developer but if a later kernel works straight out of the box it is simpler for
me and leave git until I have more kernel compiling experience.
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