ftdi_eeprom - Tool for reading/erasing/flashing FTDI USB chip
eeproms
ftdi_eeprom [commands] config-file
ftdi_eeprom is a small tool for reading/erasing/flashing
FTDI USB chip eeproms. It uses libftdi to access the chip, so you will need
to have the required permissions on the device.
The ftdi_sio module should not be loaded. You can prevent it to be
automatically loaded by adding it to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.
You have to unplug and replug your device to get the new values to
be read. Otherwise, you will still get the old values.
The configuration file contains a list of key-value pairs which
will be used to flash an FTDI USB chip eeprom. Comments start with #.
The beginning of such a file might look like the following:
vendor_id=0x0403 # Vendor ID
product_id=0x6001 # Product ID
max_power=0 # Max. power consumption: value * 2 mA. Use 0 if self_powered = true.
###########
# Strings #
###########
manufacturer="ACME Inc" # Manufacturer
product="USB Serial Converter" # Product
serial="08-15" # Serial
The example configuration file that could be found in
/usr/share/doc/ftdi-eeprom/examples is quite well commented so you
should be able to use it as a basis. The following keys are supported:
- vendor_id
- Set the vendor ID of the device. This value could be entered in decimal or
hexadecimal form, and should be in the range 0-65535 or 0x0000-0xffff,
respectively.
- product_id
- Set the product ID of the device. This value could be entered in decimal
or hexadecimal form, and should be in the range 0-65535 or 0x0000-0xffff,
respectively.
- max_power
- Set the maximum current the device will use, in 2 mA unit. Use 0 if
self_powered = true.
- manufacturer
- Set the manufacturer string which normally holds the name of the
manufacturer.
- product
- Set the product string which normally holds the name of the product.
- serial
- Set the serial string which normally holds the serial number of the
product.
- self_powered
- Specify if the device is self-powered or not. The value should be true or
false.
- remote_wakeup
- Specify if the device supports remote wake-ups. The value should be true
or false.
- use_serial
- If this value is set to true, the serial string will be used.
Otherwise the default serial string will be used.
- BM_type_chip
- This value have to be set to true if you are using a BM chip.
- in_is_isochronous
- If set to true this option specify that the input endpoint is in
isochronous mode.
- out_is_isochronous
- If set to true this option specify that the output endpoint is in
isochronous mode.
- suspend_pull_downs
- If this value is set to true the pull downs are enabled during suspend for
lower power consumption.
- change_usb_version
- This value has to be set to true if you want to force the USB version
using the usb_version key. Otherwise the default USB version will
be used.
- usb_version
- Set the USB version of the device. The change_usb_version value has
to be set to true.
- filename
- Specify a filename if you want to dump the content of the eeprom into
it.
ftdi_eeprom was written by Intra2net AG
<opensource@intra2net.com>.
This manual page was written by Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org> for
the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).