[PATCH]Support large COM ports on Win32

[Patrick Georgi]

Hi,

Windows wants large COM ports (COM10 and higher) to be given in UPC
notation, ie. \.\COM10

To aid the user, the Win32 code now rewrites all devices with COM prefix
(case insensitive) to UPC. Tested with both high and low COM port.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Georgi

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

On 26.01.2010 18:52, Patrick Georgi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Windows wants large COM ports (COM10 and higher) to be given in UPC
> notation, ie. \.\COM10
>
> To aid the user, the Win32 code now rewrites all devices with COM prefix
> (case insensitive) to UPC. Tested with both high and low COM port.
>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Georgi

If it works on older Windows versions (2000/XP) as well, the patch is
Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger

Regards,
Carl-Daniel

[Patrick Georgi]

Am 26.01.2010 21:17, schrieb Carl-Daniel Hailfinger:
> On 26.01.2010 18:52, Patrick Georgi wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Windows wants large COM ports (COM10 and higher) to be given in UPC
> > notation, ie. \.\COM10
> >
> > To aid the user, the Win32 code now rewrites all devices with COM prefix
> > (case insensitive) to UPC. Tested with both high and low COM port.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Patrick Georgi
>
> If it works on older Windows versions (2000/XP) as well, the patch is
> Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger

Thanks.
This is tested on XP, 2000 also knows UNC (Universal Naming Convention,
I got that wrong). It's also the official solution by FTDI for this
problem for all Windows versions.

Committed in r883.

Patrick