Re: CP210x Driver - Issue Enumerating Multiple Interfaces

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On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Miner, Blake <bminer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> After debugging further, I figured out what was causing the problem.
>
> In the driver for the cp210x, there is a line of code in the `.attach`
> function that calls `usb_reset_device(serial->dev);`.  See the source
> code here: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.c#L859
>
> This call to `usb_reset_device` causes the device to be reset just
> before the second interface is detected.  For whatever reason, the
> reset prevents the second interface from being created in `/dev/`.
>
> By simply removing this line, both interfaces are properly detected
> the first time.  Unfortunately, there is a comment above this line
> that reads "/* cp210x buffers behave strangely unless device is reset
> */"  Therefore, this reset might actually be necessary in order to
> clear the buffers of the CP210x.  In this case, when is the
> appropriate time to perform a device reset so that both interfaces are
> properly detected?
>
> Thanks,

I am not sure about this, but I wonder can we do the reset in
cp210x_open() instead of in cp210x_startup()?

-Jidong
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