the most detailed findings were on the google group thread bluehash mentioned, there is even a temporary patch u can try. all things points to the linux cdc-acm driver's way working w/ the ti 3410 chip. not that i am saying the cdc-acm driver is bad, but the device class is really designed for modems (use almost exclusively to talk to cell phones), there may be control logics that are like dtr signals, xon/xoff protocols and such, etc that doesn't apply to the launchpad's application.
i can only speculate. the ti 3410 may have a limited size buffer and if it can't talk to the host ve