Advent Vega ftdi USB-serial driver support ?

[Guest Guschti]

Hi,

did anyone successfully load drivers for the popular USB-serial converter cable based on FTDI chips ?

All I get with dmesg is:

<6>[ 2775.871331] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using tegra-ehci and address 4

<6>[ 2775.962693] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6001

<6>[ 2775.969499] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3

<6>[ 2775.976857] usb 1-1: Product: USB-RS232 Cable

<6>[ 2775.981518] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: FTDI

<6>[ 2775.985522] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: FTT6EA12

<6>[ 2775.995075] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

seems the USB host recognizes the chip but does not have a driver for it.

therefore no /dev/ttyUSB0 device is created.

this is the cable I'm talking about:

http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/Cables/USBRS232.htm

many USB-serial converters are based on this chip which is supported in all Linux distros that I know.

If anyone has compiled the driver for this chip and used it on Advent Vegas it would really help me as I'm not

much into Android-compiling...

(maybe there is someone that has the .ko file already ?)

thanks

Edited April 22, 2011 by Guschti

[Guest the_corvus]

Hi,

did anyone successfully load drivers for the popular USB-serial converter cable based on FTDI chips ?

All I get with dmesg is:

<6>[ 2775.871331] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using tegra-ehci and address 4

<6>[ 2775.962693] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6001

<6>[ 2775.969499] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3

<6>[ 2775.976857] usb 1-1: Product: USB-RS232 Cable

<6>[ 2775.981518] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: FTDI

<6>[ 2775.985522] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: FTT6EA12

<6>[ 2775.995075] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

seems the USB host recognizes the chip but does not have a driver for it.

therefore no /dev/ttyUSB0 device is created.

this is the cable I'm talking about:

http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/Cables/USBRS232.htm

many USB-serial converters are based on this chip which is supported in all Linux distros that I know.

If anyone has compiled the driver for this chip and used it on Advent Vegas it would really help me as I'm not

much into Android-compiling...

(maybe there is someone that has the .ko file already ?)

thanks

Corvus5 has support for ftdi serial adapters

[Guest Guschti]

Corvus5 has support for ftdi serial adapters

Hi Corvus,

thanks: yes, I confirm that it works with your ROM (just tested it)

...but:

a) how to make USB host mode permanent ? (I don't want to push the back button for every boot)

-> something like USB switch (e.g in r8) would be handy

:) even though your rom is well optimized under the hood - the theme is not really how I would like it

...but that's a question of taste and I hope to find an easy way to change the theme...

anyway: for the moment I'll use your rom.

cheers