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moxa-hid-ft260-driver

Moxa HID FT260 driver​

Derived from Linux kernel upstream: drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c

Support Models​

What Tools Depend On?​

Add Udev Rules to Rebind FT260 Device​

  • To avoid the ft260 hid device is pre-bind to hid-generic subsystem, add udev rules to re-bind to ft260 driver.
  • Edit /etc/udev/rules.d/11-ft260-pca9535.rules
ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="0003:0403:6030.*", SUBSYSTEM=="hid", DRIVERS=="hid-generic", \
RUN+="/bin/bash -c 'echo $kernel > /sys/bus/hid/drivers/hid-generic/unbind'", \
RUN+="/bin/bash -c 'echo $kernel > /sys/bus/hid/drivers/ft260/bind'"

Usage (Debian 11/Ubuntu 20.04)​

  • Install required packages
apt update
apt install --no-install-recommends -qqy build-essential
apt install --no-install-recommends -qqy linux-headers-$(uname -r)
  • Build kernel module
    1. Run make to build kernel module
    2. Once build successful, hid-ft260.ko could be found under current directory
    3. Run make install to install kernel module on /usr/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/

Usage (CentOS 7.9)​

  • Sync the latest version available from any enabled repository and reboot system
yum distro-sync
reboot
  • Install required packages
yum install "kernel-devel-$(uname -r)"
yum install "kernel-headers-$(uname -r)"
yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
  • Build kernel module
    1. Run make to build kernel module
    2. Once build successful, hid-ft260.ko could be found under current directory
    3. Run make install to install kernel module on /usr/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/
note

CentOS 7 latest kernel moved from "kernel.ko" to "kernel.ko.xz", please ensure target "kernel.ko.xz" is removed or moved as a backup.

Last updated on 2023-02-15 by Wilson Huang