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FT2232 comment tweaks 

Note that the FT4232 chips have four channels not two, and
Elaborate on uses of the additional channels.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
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* JTAG adapters based on the FT2232 full and high speed USB parts are * JTAG adapters based on the FT2232 full and high speed USB parts are
* popular low cost JTAG debug solutions. Many FT2232 based JTAG adapters * popular low cost JTAG debug solutions. Many FT2232 based JTAG adapters
* are discrete, but development boards may integrate them as alternatives * are discrete, but development boards may integrate them as alternatives
* to more capable (and expensive) third party JTAG pods. Since JTAG uses * to more capable (and expensive) third party JTAG pods.
* only one of the two ports on these devices, on integrated boards the *
* second port often serves as a USB-to-serial adapter for the target's * JTAG uses only one of the two communications channels ("MPSSE engines")
* console UART even when the JTAG port is not in use. (Systems which * on these devices. Adapters based on FT4232 parts have four ports/channels
* support ARM's SWD in addition to JTAG, or instead of it, may use that * (A/B/C/D), instead of just two (A/B).
* second port for reading SWV trace data.) *
* Especially on development boards integrating one of these chips (as
* opposed to discrete pods/dongles), the additional channels can be used
* for a variety of purposes, but OpenOCD only uses one channel at a time.
*
* - As a USB-to-serial adapter for the target's console UART ...
* which may be able to support ROM boot loaders that load initial
* firmware images to flash (or SRAM).
*
* - On systems which support ARM's SWD in addition to JTAG, or instead
* of it, that second port can be used for reading SWV/SWO trace data.
*
* - Additional JTAG links, e.g. to a CPLD or * FPGA.
* *
* FT2232 based JTAG adapters are "dumb" not "smart", because most JTAG * FT2232 based JTAG adapters are "dumb" not "smart", because most JTAG
* request/response interactions involve round trips over the USB link. * request/response interactions involve round trips over the USB link.