[flashrom] [coreboot] ft4232-based spi programmer

[Paul Fox]

stefan wrote:
 > On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:00:05 -0400
 > pgf at foxharp.boston.ma.us (Paul Fox) wrote:
 > 
 > > +	// f = ftdi_usb_open(ftdic, 0x0403, 0x6010); // FT2232
 > > +	f = ftdi_usb_open(ftdic, 0x0403, 0x6011); // FT4232
 > > +
 > > +	if (f < 0 && f != -5) {
 > > +		fprintf(stderr, "unable to open ftdi device: %d (%s)\n", f,
 > > +				ftdi_get_error_string(ftdic));
 > > +		exit(-1);
 > > +	}
 > 
 > Hi,
 > 
 > been a while since this went in... however the exemption for the -5
 > error (failed to claim the device) was never discussed nor documented
 > ever since. Can you remember why you put it there, Paul?

a while, indeed.  that patch is like 117 years old in internet years!

i've looked at the code i have in my old working directory, and at a
couple of local copies of ftdi.c that i think i was building with,
and...  i have no clue.

i can only assume the error return was spurious for some reason, but
i really don't recall.  sorry!

paul
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 paul fox, pgf at foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma, where it's 39.2 degrees)