ChangeLog for 1.4rc1

[libftdi] / README

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libftdi version 1.4rc1
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libftdi - A library (using libusb) to talk to FTDI's UART/FIFO chips
including the popular bitbang mode.

The following chips are supported:
* FT230X
- FT4232H / FT2232H
- FT232R  / FT245R
- FT2232L / FT2232D / FT2232C
- FT232BM / FT245BM (and the BL/BQ variants)
- FT8U232AM / FT8U245AM

libftdi requires libusb 1.x.

The AUTHORS file contains a list of all the people
that made libftdi possible what it is today.

Changes
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* Use BM/R series baud rate computation for FT230X
* ftdi_get_error_string() now returns const char*
* small build fixes and improvements in the python examples
* ftdi_eeprom / eeprom handling:
  * New API function: ftdi_eeprom_get_strings()
  * Fix USE_SERIAL handling for 230X type chips
  * Make ftdi_read_eeprom_location() endianness independent
  * Fix flashing of FT245R

You'll find the newest version of libftdi at:
http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi


Quick start
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mkdir build
cd build

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr" ../
make
make install

More verbose build instructions are in "README.build"

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