Re: [PATCH]usb: serial: pl2303: rm id

[Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>]

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 09:11:30AM +0800, wangyanqing wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 02:04:08PM +0800, wangyanqing wrote:
> > I get report from customer that his usb-serial
> > converter doesn't work well,it sometimes work,
> > but sometimes it doesn't.
> > 
> > The usb-serial converter's id:
> > vendor_id product_id
> > 0x4348    0x5523
> > 
> > Then I search the usb-serial codes, and there are
> > two drivers announce support this device, pl2303
> > and ch341, commit 026dfaf1 cause it. Through many
> > times to test, ch341 works well with this device,
> > and pl2303 doesn't work quite often(it just work quite little).
> > 
> > ch341 works well with this device, so we doesn't
> > need pl2303 to support.I try to revert 026dfaf1 first,
> > but it failed. So I prepare this patch by hand to revert it.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Wang YanQing <Udknight@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c |    1 -
> >  drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.h |    4 ----
> >  2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c b/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c
> > index 9083d1e..fc2d66f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c
> > @@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ static const struct usb_device_id id_table[] = {
> >  	{ USB_DEVICE(SONY_VENDOR_ID, SONY_QN3USB_PRODUCT_ID) },
> >  	{ USB_DEVICE(SANWA_VENDOR_ID, SANWA_PRODUCT_ID) },
> >  	{ USB_DEVICE(ADLINK_VENDOR_ID, ADLINK_ND6530_PRODUCT_ID) },
> > -	{ USB_DEVICE(WINCHIPHEAD_VENDOR_ID, WINCHIPHEAD_USBSER_PRODUCT_ID) },
> >  	{ USB_DEVICE(SMART_VENDOR_ID, SMART_PRODUCT_ID) },
> >  	{ }					/* Terminating entry */
> >  };
> > diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.h b/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.h
> > index 3d10d7f..c38b8c0 100644
> > --- a/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.h
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.h
> > @@ -145,10 +145,6 @@
> >  #define ADLINK_VENDOR_ID		0x0b63
> >  #define ADLINK_ND6530_PRODUCT_ID	0x6530
> >  
> > -/* WinChipHead USB->RS 232 adapter */
> > -#define WINCHIPHEAD_VENDOR_ID		0x4348
> > -#define WINCHIPHEAD_USBSER_PRODUCT_ID	0x5523
> > -
> >  /* SMART USB Serial Adapter */
> >  #define SMART_VENDOR_ID	0x0b8c
> >  #define SMART_PRODUCT_ID	0x2303
> > -- 
> > 1.7.3.4
> > 
> Hi all.
> Maybe it should be noticed that not only one usb-serial converter base 
> this chip have this issue, but there are about 50(even more) usb-serial 
> coverter lines have the same issue, so we can't ignore it.
> Of course we can make all the drivers work well, but we should make it
> useful at the first.

Why not add the device id to the other driver at the same time, that
would ensure that the device continues to work, right?

thanks,

greg k-h