This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
usb: plusb: Add support for PL-27A1
to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
usb-plusb-add-support-for-pl-27a1.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From foo@baz Thu Oct 5 10:49:14 CEST 2017
From: Roman Spychała <roed@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 12:04:10 +0200
Subject: usb: plusb: Add support for PL-27A1
From: Roman Spychała <roed@xxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 6f2aee0c0de65013333bbc26fe50c9c7b09a37f7 ]
This patch adds support for the PL-27A1 by adding the appropriate
USB ID's. This chip is used in the goobay Active USB 3.0 Data Link
and Unitek Y-3501 cables.
Signed-off-by: Roman Spychała <roed@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/usb/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/net/usb/plusb.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/net/usb/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/Kconfig
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ config USB_NET_NET1080
optionally with LEDs that indicate traffic
config USB_NET_PLUSB
- tristate "Prolific PL-2301/2302/25A1 based cables"
+ tristate "Prolific PL-2301/2302/25A1/27A1 based cables"
# if the handshake/init/reset problems, from original 'plusb',
# are ever resolved ... then remove "experimental"
depends on USB_USBNET
--- a/drivers/net/usb/plusb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/plusb.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static int pl_reset(struct usbnet *dev)
}
static const struct driver_info prolific_info = {
- .description = "Prolific PL-2301/PL-2302/PL-25A1",
+ .description = "Prolific PL-2301/PL-2302/PL-25A1/PL-27A1",
.flags = FLAG_POINTTOPOINT | FLAG_NO_SETINT,
/* some PL-2302 versions seem to fail usb_set_interface() */
.reset = pl_reset,
@@ -139,6 +139,17 @@ static const struct usb_device_id produc
* Host-to-Host Cable
*/
.driver_info = (unsigned long) &prolific_info,
+
+},
+
+/* super speed cables */
+{
+ USB_DEVICE(0x067b, 0x27a1), /* PL-27A1, no eeprom
+ * also: goobay Active USB 3.0
+ * Data Link,
+ * Unitek Y-3501
+ */
+ .driver_info = (unsigned long) &prolific_info,
},
{ }, // END
@@ -158,5 +169,5 @@ static struct usb_driver plusb_driver =
module_usb_driver(plusb_driver);
MODULE_AUTHOR("David Brownell");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Prolific PL-2301/2302/25A1 USB Host to Host Link Driver");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Prolific PL-2301/2302/25A1/27A1 USB Host to Host Link Driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from roed@xxxxxxx are
queue-4.4/usb-plusb-add-support-for-pl-27a1.patch