Hi On Wintendo it is possible to specify the state of DTR/RTS in conjuction with opening the port. How about using O_DIRECT or add a new openmode to tell the driver to leave DTR/RTS as they are. That way it would not imply any change. I'm sorry if this seems a bit out of context or contatins points that has already been said. I have just joined the list :) Gerald you might also be interrested in this : https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/23/161 -- Søren Holm -- 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