Re: ftdi_sio BUG: NULL pointer dereference

[Johan Hovold <jhovold@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 12:24:44PM -0400, Mike Remski wrote:
> On 06/02/2014 12:20 PM, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 12:02:40PM -0400, Mike Remski wrote:
> >> On 06/02/2014 11:40 AM, Johan Hovold wrote:
> >>> [ Please avoid top-posting. ]
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 11:16:11AM -0400, Mike Remski wrote:

> >> lsusb -v cut for the device in question.
> >>
> >> Bus 005 Device 003: ID 1fdf:1001
> >> Device Descriptor:
> >>     bLength                18
> >>     bDescriptorType         1
> >>     bcdUSB               2.00
> >>     bDeviceClass          239 Miscellaneous Device
> >>     bDeviceSubClass         2 ?
> >>     bDeviceProtocol         1 Interface Association
> >>     bMaxPacketSize0        64
> >>     idVendor           0x1fdf
> >>     idProduct          0x1001
> >>     bcdDevice            0.03
> >>     iManufacturer           1 Sepura
> >>     iProduct                2 Colour Console
> >>     iSerial                 0
> >>     bNumConfigurations      1
> >>     Configuration Descriptor:
> >>       bLength                 9
> >>       bDescriptorType         2
> >>       wTotalLength          134
> >>       bNumInterfaces          4
> >>       bConfigurationValue     1
> >>       iConfiguration          0
> >>       bmAttributes         0xc0
> >>         Self Powered
> >>       MaxPower              100mA
> >>       Interface Association:
> >>         bLength                 8
> >>         bDescriptorType        11
> >>         bFirstInterface         0
> >>         bInterfaceCount         2
> >>         bFunctionClass          2 Communications
> >>         bFunctionSubClass       2 Abstract (modem)
> > Is this indeed the right device? Then you seem to be using the wrong
> > driver as this is no FTDI device, but a CDC-ACM modem-class device which
> > should be driven by the cdc-acm driver.
> >
> >>         bFunctionProtocol       0 None
> >>         iFunction               0
> >>       Interface Descriptor:
> >>         bLength                 9
> >>         bDescriptorType         4
> >>         bInterfaceNumber        0
> >>         bAlternateSetting       0
> >>         bNumEndpoints           1
> >>         bInterfaceClass         2 Communications
> >>         bInterfaceSubClass      2 Abstract (modem)
> >>         bInterfaceProtocol      0 None
> >>         iInterface              0
> >>         CDC Header:
> >>           bcdCDC               1.10
> >>         CDC Call Management:
> >>           bmCapabilities       0x01
> >>             call management
> >>           bDataInterface          1
> >>         CDC ACM:
> >>           bmCapabilities       0x02
> >>             line coding and serial state
> >>         CDC Union:
> >>           bMasterInterface        0
> >>           bSlaveInterface         1
> >>         Endpoint Descriptor:
> >>           bLength                 7
> >>           bDescriptorType         5
> >>           bEndpointAddress     0x83  EP 3 IN
> >>           bmAttributes            3
> >>             Transfer Type            Interrupt
> >>             Synch Type               None
> >>             Usage Type               Data
> >>           wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
> >>           bInterval              10
> >>       Interface Descriptor:
> >>         bLength                 9
> >>         bDescriptorType         4
> >>         bInterfaceNumber        1
> >>         bAlternateSetting       0
> >>         bNumEndpoints           2
> >>         bInterfaceClass        10 CDC Data
> >>         bInterfaceSubClass      0 Unused
> >>         bInterfaceProtocol      0
> >>         iInterface              0
> >>         Endpoint Descriptor:
> >>           bLength                 7
> >>           bDescriptorType         5
> >>           bEndpointAddress     0x01  EP 1 OUT
> >>           bmAttributes            2
> >>             Transfer Type            Bulk
> >>             Synch Type               None
> >>             Usage Type               Data
> >>           wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
> >>           bInterval               0
> >>         Endpoint Descriptor:
> >>           bLength                 7
> >>           bDescriptorType         5
> >>           bEndpointAddress     0x82  EP 2 IN
> >>           bmAttributes            2
> >>             Transfer Type            Bulk
> >>             Synch Type               None
> >>             Usage Type               Data
> >>           wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
> >>           bInterval               0
> >>       Interface Association:
> >>         bLength                 8
> >>         bDescriptorType        11
> >>         bFirstInterface         2
> >>         bInterfaceCount         2
> >>         bFunctionClass          2 Communications
> >>         bFunctionSubClass       2 Abstract (modem)
> >>         bFunctionProtocol       0 None
> >>         iFunction               0
> >>       Interface Descriptor:
> >>         bLength                 9
> >>         bDescriptorType         4
> >>         bInterfaceNumber        2
> >>         bAlternateSetting       0
> >>         bNumEndpoints           0
> > The third interface lacks endpoints and crashes the ftdi_sio driver.
> > This shouldn't happen (even if you're forcing the wrong driver to bind),
> > so I'll fix it up if still broken in v3.15-rc.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Johan
> Johan,
> Thanks again.  Yes, the device does indeed have an FTDI embedded in it;  
> they've programmed in their own ids.  They supply a Windows driver for 
> it, but that doesn't do me any good.  :)

Not just their own ID's it seems.

Have you tried just using the cdc-acm driver? The ports should up as
/dev/ttyACMx instead of ttyUSBx.

Johan