RE: [PATCH 1/3] mfd: Add support for FTDI FT232H devices

From: David Laight
Date: Wed Jul 19 2017 - 09:39:57 EST


From: Anatolij Gustschin
> Sent: 19 July 2017 14:30
...
> >Stupid question, I know, but I cannot help thinking: If you have an
> >EEPROM then why the h... don't you use an application specific device
> >ID?
>
> It would make sense for adapter devices that you can buy and plug.
> In my particular case the configuration device with FTDI chips is
> internal part of embedded board, the configuration interface is
> never exposed to end users. I doesn't make sense to register an
> ID for such hardware.

Sounds like you should absolutely be registering an ID so that
nothing can try to use it using the default one.

David