A: No. Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 06:12:01PM -0500, Pris Matic wrote: > Hi Greg, > > Thanks for the reply. I verified that only the expected respective > application processes are associated with the devices through lsof. > Physically disconnecting the device resolves the problem... but I'm > developing an application where this isn't a viable option. True, it shouldn't be necessary. > Could the application where the device is held busy after it closes be > due to the ioctl(fd,TIOCEXCL) call? It shouldn't, as those should be cleared when the device is closed. But, if you don't do that ioctl call, does everything work just fine? > It's hard to get a description of > the params in ioctl_list, but this seems to say that the given device > should only be allowed access by the calling application. The device > is not restored to global access (ioctl(fd,TIOCNXCL)). I forgot to > mention, I can access the device through root no problem. Still, it's > strange that this only occurs with my FTDI device. I agree, it is strange. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html