Alan Stern wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, Jason Wessel wrote:
>
>
>> Commit e1108a63e10d344284011cccc06328b2cd3e5da3 ("usb_serial: Use the
>> shutdown() operation") breaks the ability to use a usb console
>> starting in 2.6.32. This was observed when using
>> console=ttyUSB0,115200 as a boot argument with an FTDI device. The
>> error is:
>>
>> ftdi_sio ttyUSB0: ftdi_submit_read_urb - failed submitting read urb, error -22
>>
>> The handling of the ASYNCB_INITIALIZED changed in 2.6.32 such that in
>> tty_port_shutdown() it always clears the flag if it is set. As a work
>> around the usb console must reset this flag, in order for the hw to
>> stay open.
>>
>> CC: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
>> CC: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Oliver Neukum <oliver@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> ---
>> drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c | 7 +++++--
>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> --- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
>> +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
>> @@ -287,10 +287,13 @@ static void serial_down(struct tty_port
>> struct usb_serial_driver *drv = port->serial->type;
>> /*
>> * The console is magical. Do not hang up the console hardware
>> - * or there will be tears.
>> + * or there will be tears. If this is a console the initialized
>> + * flag is reset.
>> */
>> - if (port->console)
>> + if (port->console) {
>> + set_bit(ASYNCB_INITIALIZED, &port->port.flags);
>> return;
>> + }
>> if (drv->close)
>> drv->close(port);
>> }
>>
>
> This is a little unfortunate. It would be better to prevent
> tty_port_shutdown() from clearing ASYNCB_INITIALIZED in the first
> place. The problem is that the tty core doesn't know when the port is
> being used as a console. There ought to be a way to tell it.
>
I agree, but presently there is no way to do so. Up until 2.6.33 the
ASYNCB_INITIALIZED was being used to track this, but now it is used a
bit differently.
We still also have the same sort of issue for the passing in the initial
baud. I don't know if you want to go for a short term approach this
way, or try to implement something different right now. When you do
consider something longer term, I would like it to incorporate the other
serial settings as well, such that if the console initializes them first
the get correctly inherited by the tty open().
Jason.
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