Linux & Launchpad - backchannel UART broken on latest kernel

[calin 4]

It seems that something bad has happened with latest kernel on linux - at least on the version I am using. Looks like the cdc_acm driver is completely busted in the latest version. See bellow logs ..

 

Does anyone has this issue? I am 100% is not the launchpad, works under Windowz. Also I am 10% is not something stupid like permissions . I want to check first, if anyone else has it then I-ll ding the linuxusb-dev group to check with them.

 

I use Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit - uname =

Linux obellix 3.2.0-27-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 6 14:25:57 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 

The picocom session is this

 

calin@obellix:~$ sudo picocom /dev/ttyACM0 
picocom v1.4

port is        : /dev/ttyACM0
flowcontrol    : none
baudrate is    : 9600
parity is      : none
databits are   : 8
escape is      : C-a
noinit is      : no
noreset is     : no
nolock is      : no
send_cmd is    : ascii_xfr -s -v -l10
receive_cmd is : rz -vv


FATAL: cannot open /dev/ttyACM0: Input/output error

 

The FATAL matches the "tty_port_close_start: tty->count = 1 port count = 0." in dmesg .

 

Jul 25 23:04:05 obellix kernel: [ 3635.690997] usb 7-1: new full-speed USB device number 5 using uhci_hcd
Jul 25 23:04:05 obellix kernel: [ 3635.902227] cdc_acm 7-1:1.0: This device cannot do calls on its own. It is not a modem.
Jul 25 23:04:05 obellix kernel: [ 3635.902232] cdc_acm 7-1:1.0: No union descriptor, testing for castrated device
Jul 25 23:04:05 obellix kernel: [ 3635.902251] cdc_acm 7-1:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
Jul 25 23:04:15 obellix kernel: [ 3645.949792] generic-usb 0003:0451:F432.000C: usb_submit_urb(ctrl) failed
Jul 25 23:04:15 obellix kernel: [ 3645.949805] generic-usb 0003:0451:F432.000C: timeout initializing reports
Jul 25 23:04:15 obellix kernel: [ 3645.950374] generic-usb 0003:0451:F432.000C: hiddev0,hidraw2: USB HID v1.01 Device [Texas Instruments Texas Instruments MSP-FET430UIF] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1/input1
Jul 25 23:07:09 obellix kernel: [ 3820.261188] tty_port_close_start: tty->count = 1 port count = 0.

[calin 4]

I think I may have answered my own question ... Clearly something is hosed with the cdc_acm module. Just after posting I realized that I still have around few older kernels on my machine. So a quick reboot into

 

Linux obellix 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:39:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 

and I managed to connect successfully, then plug unplug killed the serial again.

[jsolarski-backup 22]

If you have dkms installed, there is a patch floating around on this site that fixes the serial issue and may fix your hosed driver without recompiling your entire kernel

[calin 4]

Man thanks for the tip .. I built the patched kernel module and the UART works a treat now.

 

BTW here is the link to the thread that has the references to the patch. http://www.43oh.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2866#p21040

 

The link to the file is http://www8.zippyshare.com/v/10251460/file.html - if you have to re-build the module make sure you do first a dos2unix on all files - looks like the zip was created on Windows and all endlines are "broken" in the driver files. In rest all good