[PATCH] usb: serial: Add "bricked" FTDI device PID

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An official recent Windows driver from FTDI detects counterfeit devices
and reprograms the internal EEPROM containing the USB PID to 0, effectively
bricking the device.

Add support for this VID/PID pair to correctly bind the driver on these
devices.

See:
http://hackaday.com/2014/10/22/watch-that-windows-update-ftdi-drivers-are-killing-fake-chips/

Signed-off-by: Perry Hung <iperry@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c     | 1 +
 drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio_ids.h | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c
index dc72b92..41d6642 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c
@@ -942,6 +942,7 @@ static const struct usb_device_id id_table_combined[] = {
 	{ USB_DEVICE_INTERFACE_NUMBER(INFINEON_VID, INFINEON_TRIBOARD_PID, 1) },
 	/* GE Healthcare devices */
 	{ USB_DEVICE(GE_HEALTHCARE_VID, GE_HEALTHCARE_NEMO_TRACKER_PID) },
+	{ USB_DEVICE(FTDI_VID, FTDI_BRICK_PID) },
 	{ }					/* Terminating entry */
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio_ids.h b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio_ids.h
index 5937b2d..f9c3c49 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio_ids.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio_ids.h
@@ -1397,3 +1397,9 @@
  */
 #define GE_HEALTHCARE_VID		0x1901
 #define GE_HEALTHCARE_NEMO_TRACKER_PID	0x0015
+
+/*
+ * Certain versions of the official Windows FTDI driver reprogrammed
+ * counterfeit FTDI devices to PID 0. Support these devices anyway.
+ */
+#define FTDI_BRICK_PID      0x0000
-- 
1.9.1

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