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Linux Fixing digitemp with LinkUSB on kernels after 2.6.32-24

Posted by Admin • Tuesday, January 11. 2011 • Category: Linux
As many people have discovered, kernels after 2.6.32-24 changed the USB-RS232 serial driver to not set hardware flow control (RTS/DTS) flags. No doubt there was a good reason. Unfortunately, digitemp and owfs don't enable it either, also probably for a good reason - at least when applied to older devices. What this means is that now when you try to use a LinkUSB (and probably other DS9097U type hardware behind USB to Serial converters), digitemp and owfs no longer work.

Let's apply a time-tested hackish approach.

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