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Hardware bring-up correction (Dennis, 2026-08-22): writing the FT2232H product string to the undersized 93LC46B (U7) does NOT harmlessly fail — the partial, mirrored write lands a checksum-valid-but-garbage config, and the FT2232H then FAILS USB enumeration entirely (dead silent, no dmesg attach). It does NOT fall back to ROM defaults; only a blank/checksum-invalid EEPROM does. The earlier claim that "a bad EEPROM always falls back and still enumerates" was WRONG. Recovery (confirmed working): power on with U7 CLK shorted to GND so the FT2232H can't read a valid config -> forces ROM defaults -> enumerates -> then erase U7. Updated REVIEW.md, TODO.md, the flash-re-bba-rb skill (do-not-program warning + recovery, native-Linux troubleshooting), and flash_ftdi_eeprom.py comments/help to state the soft-brick reality. The script already refuses the write on mirroring detection; --force now documented as "reproduce the soft-brick". Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>