Bug#704242: Driver for PL-2303 HX not working

[Karsten Malcher <debian@dct.mine.nu>]

Hello together,

is there anything new for the PL-2303 HX?
It would be fine if it could work like in the past.

Of course for Linux there are good alternatives.
Here is a new one with the CP2102 suffering easy supply voltage:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/110954294607

Best regards
Karsten


Am 24.06.2013 21:00, schrieb Greg KH:
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 12:38:17PM -0400, Aric Fedida wrote:
> > I will gladly ship you one. Give me address details, and I'll go to
> > the post office to send it.
> I'll send it off-list, thanks.
>
> > Personally, I have resolved to abandon the PL2303 chip, and move to
> > FTDI instead. But for the sake of other Linux users who might buy that
> > adapter by mistake, I am willing to donate the hardware to an able
> > kernel hacker :-)
> Yes, I recommend the ftdi devices as well, the specs are availble, and
> the driver seems to work better because of it.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h