Re: [lcd4linux] unpluging the usb device-bug?

[Michael R. <re...@eu...>]

Hi there,

> But generally, that device driver doens`t look like it does any error handling 
> at all for that case.
> (Error return codes from the drv_generic_serial functions are silently 
> ignored, and not propagated back to the core)

Thanks for the hint. Should be fixed in CVS. The generic serial driver
gives up after 10 continuous errors. Please test!

btw, maybe other drivers should catch this condition too. A panic exit
is easy, just set the (global) variable 'got_signal' to -1


bye, Michael

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