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| author | Andreas Fritiofson <andreas.fritiofson@gmail.com> | 2014-03-22 14:09:06 +0100 |
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| committer | Spencer Oliver <spen@spen-soft.co.uk> | 2014-03-28 10:07:01 +0000 |
| commit | 09e9625d6ce52bbed271c1087df58fb3bb78b99a (patch) | |
| tree | 6cf39dbf62e72208ce4e3a75c33106307f707638 /README.Windows | |
| parent | 075c3f8fe29c7aecd446c655a7fadb9e1999a31f (diff) | |
ft2232: Mark interface driver as deprecated
Change-Id: I5ebc924ab66c86f1902942bebc203a34d97abc64
Signed-off-by: Andreas Fritiofson <andreas.fritiofson@gmail.com>
Reviewed-on: http://openocd.zylin.com/1899
Reviewed-by: Paul Fertser <fercerpav@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Spencer Oliver <spen@spen-soft.co.uk>
Tested-by: Spencer Oliver <spen@spen-soft.co.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'README.Windows')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/README.Windows b/README.Windows index 61a712ab..9cdd55c5 100644 --- a/README.Windows +++ b/README.Windows @@ -32,3 +32,18 @@ WinUSB to a device is to use the latest Zadig installer: For the old drivers that use libusb-0.1 API you might need to link against libusb-win32 headers and install the corresponding driver with Zadig. + +If you need to use the same adapter with other applications that may +require another driver, a solution for Windows Vista and above is to +activate the IgnoreHWSerNum registry setting for the USB device. + +That setting forces Windows to associate the driver per port instead of +per serial number, the same behaviour as when the device does not contain +a serial number. So different drivers can be installed for the adapter on +different ports and you just need to plug the adapter into the correct +port depending on which application to use. + +For more information, see: + + http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/jj649944(v=vs.85).aspx + http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Knowledgebase/index.html?ignorehardwareserialnumber.htm |