Re: [PATCH] usb: core: support interface node for simple USB devices

POPESCU Catalin
2025-01-23T11:52:06Z

On 23/01/2025 12:18, Johan Hovold wrote:
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> On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 05:17:36PM +0000, POPESCU Catalin wrote:
>> On 22/01/2025 14:53, Greg KH wrote:
>>> serdev can not use usb-serial devices due to the lack of hotplugging, so
>>> why is this an issue? I thought that just would not work.
>> Well, I can say that on 6.12.0 it's working :
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>> [    0.929493] usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci-hcd
>> [    5.906574] usbcore: registered new interface driver ftdi_sio
>> [    5.906632] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for FTDI USB
>> Serial Device
>> [    5.906727] ftdi_sio 1-1:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected
>> [    5.906842] usb 1-1: Detected FT-X
>> [    5.907809] serial serial0: tty port ttyUSB0 registered
> You'd need to patch USB serial too for this to happen so this in not
> mainline 6.12.
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> And if the port is open during disconnect you'd see a bunch of warnings
> because the serdev tty port implementation does not handle hangups.
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> Johan

My bad, I got a reminder that we're using a set of patches that add
support for the missing pieces :
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240807-v6-10-topic-usb-serial-serdev-v1-0-ed2cc5da591f@pengutronix.de/

Sorry for the confusion.

BR,
Catalin