RE: Patch "USB: serial: mos7840: Supported MCS7810 device"

From: Donald
Date: Wed Apr 11 2012 - 07:43:21 EST


Hi Johan,

Thank you for your kind and quick response.

Regards,
Donald

-----Original Message-----
From: Johan Hovold [mailto:jhovold@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:08 PM
To: Donald
Cc: 'Greg KH'; 'open list:USB SUBSYSTEM'; 'open list'
Subject: Re: Patch "USB: serial: mos7840: Supported MCS7810 device"

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 05:32:53PM +0800, Donald wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> I am re-submitting this patch that supports MCS7810 device for the
> mos7840 driver. This patch was created against 3.4-rc1 and has been
> verified on
> 3.4-rc1 also. If you see any problem regarding this patch, please let
> me know at any time. Thank you for your help.
>
> Besides, I found two things regarding 3.4-rc, firstly, it added a
> macro to replace module_init() and module_exit(); secondly, the system
> will crash if I remove module before unplug the dongle; while this
> issue doesn't happen on Linux kernel 3.2.9. I had been tested mcs7840
> and prolific-pl2303, both drivers have the same scenario. I am not
> sure if this issue is relating to the macro added in 3.4-rc and would
> like to know if you have any comment on this issue.

This is a known issue which has been fixed by the following patch:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=133296552518354&w=2

It should show up in 3.4-rc shortly.

Thanks,
Johan


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