linux-kernel - Re: [v2.6.34-stable 137/165] USB: Fix Corruption issue in USB ftdi driver ftdi

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Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:36:44 -0300
From:	Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton.krzesinski@...onical.com>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Worsley <amworsley@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>,
	Roland Ramthun <mail@...and-ramthun.de>
Subject: Re: [v2.6.34-stable 137/165] USB: Fix Corruption issue in USB ftdi
 driver ftdi_sio.c

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 03:48:01PM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> From: Andrew Worsley <amworsley@...il.com>
> 
>                    -------------------
>     This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
>     http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git
>     If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
>                    -------------------
> 
> commit b1ffb4c851f185e9051ba837c16d9b84ef688d26 upstream.
> 
> Fix for ftdi_set_termios() glitching output
> 
> ftdi_set_termios() is constantly setting the baud rate, data bits and parity
> unnecessarily on every call, . When called while characters are being
> transmitted can cause the FTDI chip to corrupt the serial port bit stream
> output by stalling the output half a bit during the output of a character.
> Simple fix by skipping this setting if the baud rate/data bits/parity are
> unchanged.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Worsley <amworsley@...il.com>
[...]

commit 108e02b12921078a59dcacd048079ece48a4a983 ("USB: ftdi_sio: fix
initial baud rate") says it addresses a regression on this change,
something to consider for inclusion with this update.

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Herton
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