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
