Re: Likely issue with ch341 kernel-module/driver

[Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 08:09:30PM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote:
> Johan Hovold wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 09:39:36PM +0530, Ajay Garg wrote:
> ..
> > > garbage characters transmitted from embedded-device
> ..
> > > It seems that there is some issue with the driver.
> > 
> > Why do think it's a driver issue?
> 
> I can confirm similar issues with the in-tree driver and my hardware.

What hardware is that?

> > > Any chance this can be made to work?
> 
> Ajay, please try building the vendor driver. That works well for me.

Yes, please do.

> > > Any upgrade that might solve the issue?
> 
> There is no upgrade. Someone needs to spend a day or so on adding
> functionality from the vendor driver to the in-tree driver, in a
> backwards-compatible way.
> 
> > Looks like a hardware issue, I'm afraid.
> 
> When I got garbage from the in-tree driver it was indeed a driver issue.

That's good to hear. Care to write up a patch? :)

Thanks,
Johan