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linux 下usb to com 的驱动

Q:  How to install USB 1.1 TO RS232 Cable Linux driver and compile?  
  
A:  1. Under root folder, create a new folder and copy USB 1.1 TO RS232 Cable source code to new folder.

2. Open "Makefile" with GEDIT or KATE under new folder.

3. Modify line 5 "KINCLUDES=/usr/src/linux/include".
Example: "KINCLUDES=/usr/src/linux-2.4.7-10/include". 
You could find folder name on Linux.

4. Open terminal mode and login root user.

5. Go to the new folder and then type "make all" to compile the PL-2303 source code. This will create two files: "pl2303.o" and "usbserial.o".

6. Type "make inst" that will install the PL-2303 Linux driver into Linux.

7. Plug the PL-2303 cable into USB port and key-in "dmesg", it will show "Prolific USB Serial Adapter converter now attached to ttyUSB0 (orusb/tts/0 for devfs)". This means the cable is now working under Linux.

Note: You must login into root user in order to successfully compile and install.








Release Information

Driver Version for Linux 2.4.x : V0213

Released date: 02/13/2002

Files Included in This Release:
	pl2303.c
	pl2303.h
	usbserial.c
	usb-serial.h
	readme.txt
	makefile
		
Changes in This Release:
	1. To fixed using cat command  problem in Linux