On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Thomas Jarosch
<thomas.jarosch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tuesday, 28. January 2014 13:21:28 Xiaofan Chen wrote:
>> My draft on the update of README.mingw for review. Other than
>> the libusb/libusbx merge, I have also tried to update some grammar
>> issues as well.
>>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++
>> * How to run libftdi 1.x under Windows *
>>
>> On 26-Jan-2014, libusbx and libusb project were merged with the release
>> of libusb-1.0.18 and now the project is called libusb.
>>
>> libusb Windows backend will need to rely on a proper driver to run.
>> Please refer to the following wiki page for proper driver installation.
>> https://github.com/libusb/libusb/wiki/Windows#wiki-How_to_use_libusb_on_Wi
>> ndows
>>
>> As of 26-Jan-2014, libusb Windows backend supports WinUSB,
>> libusb0.sys and libusbk.sys driver. However, libusb's support of
>> libusb0.sys and libusbk.sys is considered to be less mature than
>> WinUSB. Therefore, WinUSB driver installation using Zadig
>> is recommended.
>>
>> Take note once you replace the original FTDI driver with WinUSB driver,
>> you can no longer use the functionality the original FTDI driver provides
>> (eg. Virtual Serial Port or D2XX).
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> looks good to me. Thanks! Do you want to send a patch
> or should I just commit this under your name?
>
Please just commit this under my name. Thanks.
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