Public bug reported: L2303GL usb to serial chips are not recognised by the pl2303 module in 5.13.0-16-generic #16-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 3 14:53:27 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux (the current 21.10 candidate kernel). These chips are fairly common so it will cause a problem for users.
I reported this to the upstream maintainer and he confirmed it is a known issue and fixed by commit dcf097e7d21f ("USB: serial: pl2303: fix GL type detection"). Please backport for 21.10. Email correspondence confirming bug pasted below. Johan Hovold <jo...@kernel.org> 9:33 AM (1 hour ago) to me, linux-usb On Tue, Oct 05, 2021 at 05:28:24PM +0100, Adrian Knagg-Baugh wrote: > Hi, > As requested in dmesg I'm reporting an unknown device type for the > pl2303 driver. Here's the extract from dmesg: > > [ 2824.450073] usb 1-2: new full-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd > [ 2824.621910] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=067b, > idProduct=23d3, bcdDevice= 4.05 > [ 2824.621922] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, > SerialNumber=3 > [ 2824.621926] usb 1-2: Product: USB-Serial Controller > [ 2824.621928] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc. > [ 2824.621931] usb 1-2: SerialNumber: EKCRb19B616 > [ 2824.630068] pl2303 1-2:1.0: pl2303 converter detected > [ 2824.630084] pl2303 1-2:1.0: unknown device type, please report to > linux-...@vger.kernel.org > > adrian@mononoke:~$ uname -a > Linux mononoke 5.13.0-16-generic #16-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 3 14:53:27 UTC > 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > The pl2303 is in a Skywatcher telescope synscan handset, the behaviour > is a regression since it was working fine in the 5.11 kernels packaged > with Ubuntu 21.04, it's only since updating to 5.13 (which I've had to > do to resolve issues with the graphics card in my new laptop) that > I've seen the problem. > > See below for the output of sudo lsusb -v > > I hope this helps. Thanks for the report. This should already have been fixed by commit dcf097e7d21f ("USB: serial: pl2303: fix GL type detection") which was backported to v5.13.15 (released about a month ago). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10 Package: linux-image-5.13.0-16-generic 5.13.0-16.16 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-16.16-generic 5.13.13 Uname: Linux 5.13.0-16-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu69 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC2: adrian 1773 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: adrian 1773 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: adrian 1773 F.... pulseaudio CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Oct 6 10:55:35 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-10-02 (3 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Beta amd64 (20210922) MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ROG Strix G513IH_G513IH ProcFB: 0 amdgpudrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.13.0-16-generic root=UUID=8a2303d3-7aba-4e56-9501-3d719f7e2f1f ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks. RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-5.13.0-16-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-5.13.0-16-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.201 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/16/2021 dmi.bios.release: 5.16 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends International, LLC. dmi.bios.version: G513IH.310 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: G513IH dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.ec.firmware.release: 0.68 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInternational,LLC.:bvrG513IH.310:bd07/16/2021:br5.16:efr0.68:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnROGStrixG513IH_G513IH:pvr1.0:sku:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnG513IH:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.family: ROG Strix dmi.product.name: ROG Strix G513IH_G513IH dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug impish wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1946216 Title: PL2303GL chips not recognised by 21.10 beta To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1946216/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs