Bug#704242: Driver for PL-2303 HX not working
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Hi,
sorry for a late reply.
> The question is what is the difference between 2.6.32 and 3.2.0?
Well, as for now, Squeeze main repositories contain Linux 2.6.32,
and Wheezy has Linux 3.2.41.
You can look at the Debian 'linux-2.6' & 'linux' source packages;
kernel.org upstream also has a nice gitweb interface:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/log/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c?id=refs/tags/v2.6.32
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/log/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c?id=refs/tags/v3.2.41
> I attached the sources of the driver from the Debian kernel sources.
> In the screenshot of K3Diff you can see that
> there are some subroutines missing in the new driver.
> It's not only missing debug output.
There's no need of source code difference screenshots;
just use diff, e. g.:
$ diff -u old_file new_file > file_v1-v2.diff
> Is there a kernel 3.8.5 package for debian unstable or testing?
> ...
> I have compiled a 3.8.5 kernel now on Debian testing (wheezy).
It's easier to try a kernel image from 'experimental' Debian repo:
as for now, it has linux/3.8.5-1~experimental.1
(AFAIK, it should work on Wheezy):
http://packages.debian.org/experimental/linux-image-3.8-trunk-amd64
Just add the following line to your '/etc/apt/sources.list' config:
deb http://your_debian_mirror/debian experimental main
After that, update the APT cache & install the package:
# apt-get update
# apt-get install -t experimental linux-image-3.8-trunk-amd64
Johan Hovold:
> > Sorry - i don't think so.
> > 1. It works perfect with kernel 2.6.32
> > 2. It works perfect using windows with the driver from Profilic
> > 3. I have 2 devices of this type and the behaviour is exact the same
>
> All three could be explained by flakey hardware. The 2.6.32 driver and
> possibly the Windows driver could be inefficient enough not to trigger
> the problem as reliably as the current Linux driver do.
Looks like some real kernel developer joined the discussion...
At least, it looks promising :)
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Best wishes, Bob
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