Bug#413265: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686: pl2303 regression
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-11
Severity: normal
With the upgrade from 2.6.18-3 to 2.6.18-4, my pl2303 device has stopped working with the classic error message:
pl2303 ttyUSB0: pl2303_open - failed submitting interrupt urb, error -28
This bug was discussed during 2.6.17-pre on the LKML, blamed on
problems with the ehci driver, and seemed to be fixed in 2.6.18. My
pl2303 is part of my laptop's external USB-connected ports collection
(the laptop is a JVC Mininote MP-XP731), and I always used to have to
disable ehci when using the pl2303 serial port. Since about 2.6.17, it
had been working fine without this workaround. I now need the same
workaround again, which is a bit of a pain, as I have other devices
attached to the same port, like a CD/DVD-ROM and ethernet, that really
need to be run on ehci.
I can see only one ehci-related change in the Debian changelog from
2.6.18-8 to 2.6.18.dfsg.1-9, but that seems SPARC-specific; I imagine
there could also have been an upstream regression.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 depends on:
ii coreutils 5.97-5.3 The GNU core utilities
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.85e tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre4-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 recommends:
ii libc6-i686 2.3.6.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-4-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-4-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-4-686: true
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