Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266574AbUJNHu4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Oct 2004 03:50:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269992AbUJNHu4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Oct 2004 03:50:56 -0400 Received: from lug-owl.de ([195.71.106.12]:32462 "EHLO lug-owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266574AbUJNHux (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Oct 2004 03:50:53 -0400 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:50:53 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: Alexander Wigen Cc: Greg KH , LKML Subject: Re: pl2303/usb-serial driver problem in 2.4.27-pre6 Message-ID: <20041014075052.GV5033@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: Alexander Wigen , Greg KH , LKML References: <416A6CF8.5050106@kharkiv.com.ua> <200410131932.28896.alex@wigen.net> <20041013174251.GB17291@kroah.com> <200410141406.58960.alex@wigen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Efvj0OqvPr19h3JK" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200410141406.58960.alex@wigen.net> X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.6.8-rc4 X-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB X-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2004 Lines: 56 --Efvj0OqvPr19h3JK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2004-10-14 14:06:58 +0000, Alexander Wigen wrote in message <200410141406.58960.alex@wigen.net>: > On Wednesday 13 October 2004 17:42, Greg KH wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 07:32:28PM +0000, Alexander Wigen wrote: > I had the problem on two laptops and a stationary machine running 2.4.20.= I=20 > dug out the old gps device and am happy to say the problem is gone on=20 > 2.6.8.1. I don't have a 2.4 kernel handy so I can't say if the problem is= =20 > still present in the 2.4 branch. 2.4.20 is quite old; additionally, the pl2303 driver has known problems (Oops on device removal while the device node is opened for example...). 2.6.x just works (last famous words, I know...) but I suggest you just upgrade to 2.6.x. I'm using this driver basically each day (for GPS receiver and a number of serial links for serial console) and never had a problem with it (except on 2.4.x). MfG, JBG --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 = _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg = _ _ O fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=FCrger" | im Internet! | im Irak! = O O O ret =3D do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA)= ); --Efvj0OqvPr19h3JK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBbi/cHb1edYOZ4bsRAktCAJ4+hCe2tRgPoaS57QxMJ8YNpgNNVwCfWZc4 XepNpykDQwAlnHhPbcQE70k= =rH7D -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Efvj0OqvPr19h3JK-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/