Re: [avr-chat] Can AVRDude communicate with an FT232R using the D2XX drivers instead of a VCP?

[Joerg Wunsch]

Xiaofan Chen <address@hidden> wrote:

>> Does AVRDude have any facilities to do this? Does it already
>> understand how to use D2XX or does it not include that
>> functionality?

> I do not think the mainline codes do not support d2xx. There are
> patches though but none of them have been integrated.

And frankly: they won't ever be.  One of the hosting requirements on
savannah.nongnu.org is that only "free software" (in the FSF's
terminology, and by their definition of "free software") must be
provided there.  Linking against D2XX would not satisfy that
condition.  (Linking against libftdi is, of course, OK, as it is free
software by the FSF's definition.)

But sorry, nobody so far taught AVRDUDE about these details.
"avrftdi" is a bit-bang programmer using the MPSSE's native bit-bang
mode (on top of libftdi).

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