28 Jun
2021
28 Jun
'21
6:52 a.m.
On 6/28/21 6:22 AM, David Brownlee via cctalk wrote:
I think he's probably referring to the hugely
overinflated BIOS &
firmware updating software that most x86 hardware ships with.
I've never had the need to connect an FTDI based device to anything
other than NetBSD, but I remember reading the horror stories a while
back about FTDI Windows drivers trying to brick knock off clone
hardware.
Never ran into that; I do use USB-serial dongles using the Prolific
chipset and have never had problems with Linux or Windows 7 or XP.
FWIW
Chuck