RE: Patch "USB: serial: mos7840: Supported MCS7810 device"

["Donald" <donald@asix.com.tw>]

Hi Johan,

Thank you for your kind and quick response.

Regards,
Donald

-----Original Message-----
From: Johan Hovold [mailto:jhovold@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:08 PM
To: Donald
Cc: 'Greg KH'; 'open list:USB SUBSYSTEM'; 'open list'
Subject: Re: Patch "USB: serial: mos7840: Supported MCS7810 device"

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 05:32:53PM +0800, Donald wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> I am re-submitting this patch that supports MCS7810 device for the 
> mos7840 driver. This patch was created against 3.4-rc1 and has been 
> verified on
> 3.4-rc1 also. If you see any problem regarding this patch, please let 
> me know at any time. Thank you for your help.
> 
> Besides, I found two things regarding 3.4-rc, firstly, it added a 
> macro to replace module_init() and module_exit(); secondly, the system 
> will crash if I remove module before unplug the dongle; while this 
> issue doesn't happen on Linux kernel 3.2.9. I had been tested mcs7840 
> and prolific-pl2303, both drivers have the same scenario. I am not 
> sure if this issue is relating to the macro added in 3.4-rc and would 
> like to know if you have any comment on this issue.

This is a known issue which has been fixed by the following patch:

	http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=133296552518354&w=2

It should show up in 3.4-rc shortly.

Thanks,
Johan