[PROBLEM] ircomm ioctls

[Jozef Vesely <vesely@gjh.sk>]

Hi,

since upgrading to the 2.6.1 (from 2.4.22)

I am gettig this error (while connecting to my mobile phone):
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# gsmctl -d /dev/ircomm0  ALL
gsmctl[ERROR]: clearing DTR failed (errno: 22/Invalid argument)
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the code in: gsmlib-1.10/gsmlib/gsm_unix_serial.cc
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    // toggle DTR to reset modem
    int mctl = TIOCM_DTR;
    if (ioctl(_fd, TIOCMBIC, &mctl) < 0)
      throwModemException(_("clearing DTR failed"));
    // the waiting time for DTR toggling is increased with each loop
    usleep(holdoff[initTries]);
    if (ioctl(_fd, TIOCMBIS, &mctl) < 0)
      throwModemException(_("setting DTR failed"));
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pointed me to tke kernel:
the ioctls TIOCMBIC, TIOCMBIS, TIOCMSET and TIOCMGET are handled both in

net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty_ioctl.c  function  ircomm_tty_ioctl()
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       switch (cmd) {
        case TIOCMGET:
                ret = ircomm_tty_get_modem_info(self, (unsigned int *) arg);
                break;
        case TIOCMBIS:
        case TIOCMBIC:
        case TIOCMSET:
                ret = ircomm_tty_set_modem_info(self, cmd, (unsigned int *) arg);
                break;
-----

and in
drivers/char/tty_io.c function tty_ioctl()
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      switch (cmd) {
...
                case TIOCMGET:
                        return tty_tiocmget(tty, file, arg);

                case TIOCMSET:
                case TIOCMBIC:
                case TIOCMBIS:
                        return tty_tiocmset(tty, file, cmd, arg);
        }
        if (tty->driver->ioctl) {
                int retval = (tty->driver->ioctl)(tty, file, cmd, arg);
                if (retval != -ENOIOCTLCMD)
                        return retval;
        }
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The tty_tiocmset() checks for driver->tiocmset and calls it. In case
of ircomm driver->tiocmset is not set since those ioctls are meant
to be handled by driver->ioctl, however tty_tiocmset returns with -EINVAL
and driver->ioctl never gets called.

I am beginner in the kernel programing, and therefore I would rather let more
experienced to create the patch (I don't want to mess up something).

I hope this descrition would be helpful, and somebody fixes the problem.

Thank you in advance

Jozef Vesely
vesely@gjh.sk