>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Thomas> Hello Hermann, On Monday, 16. August 2010 00:12:51 Hermann Kraus
Thomas> wrote:
>> The current git version of libftdi contains a critical bug in
>> ftdi_read_data. If a read from the device returns more data than
>> requested the function exits with error -127 (documented as "// never
>> reached") instead of a correct return code.
>>
>> The attached patch fixes this problem.
Thomas> Thanks for reporting this. IIRC the code change is related to
Thomas> the recent "Let ftdi_read_data() honor usb_read_timeout"
Thomas> commit. The proposed fix would revert an intentional (?) part of
Thomas> Uwe's change and I guess this could break the timeout code. Uwe,
Thomas> can you take a look?
I think Hermanns solution is right. When the amount of data requested has
been read, the function should return.
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