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d5c1622a 2libftdi version 1.4
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5libftdi - A library (using libusb) to talk to FTDI's UART/FIFO chips
6including the popular bitbang mode.
7
8The following chips are supported:
3e078e16 9* FT230X
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10- FT4232H / FT2232H
11- FT232R / FT245R
12- FT2232L / FT2232D / FT2232C
13- FT232BM / FT245BM (and the BL/BQ variants)
14- FT8U232AM / FT8U245AM
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16libftdi requires libusb 1.x.
17
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18The AUTHORS file contains a list of all the people
19that made libftdi possible what it is today.
20
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21Changes
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23* Implement tc[io]flush methods & deprecate broken purge_buffers methods
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25 Please check your code for ftdi_usb_purge_rx_buffer(),
26 ftdi_usb_purge_tx_buffer() and ftdi_usb_purge_buffers()
27 and migrate to the new ftdi_tc[io]flush() methods.
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29 Old code will continue to function, but you'll get
30 a deprecation warning during compilation.
31
32* Add program to test buffer flush (purge) functionality
33* Add kernel driver auto attach/detach.
34 See new AUTO_DETACH_REATACH_SIO_MODULE option
35* Add ftdi_setflowctrl_xonxoff()
9a081c84 36* ftdi_eeprom / eeprom handling:
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37 * Unify handling of all boolean eeprom flags
38 * Add device release number support
39 * Add channel_a_driver support for type xxR chips
40 * Add support for group0 drive levels on x232H chips
41 * Fix handling of high_current_drive parameter
42 * Fix inverted handling of VCP driver field for TYPE_R chips
43 * New --verbose option for eeprom decode operation
44* Add example code for async mode
45* Add SPDX license identifiers to the core library & ftdi_eeprom
46* Various python SWIG wrapper improvements
47* Various cmake file improvements
48* Fix small bugs in error code paths
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49
50You'll find the newest version of libftdi at:
79646368 51https://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi
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54Quick start
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56mkdir build
57cd build
58
59cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr" ../
60make
61make install
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63More verbose build instructions are in "README.build"
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