LibUSB usb_control_msg fails for kernel 3

[Ian McClenahan]

Since Ubuntu moved to kernel 3 we are no longer able to communicate with our USB device which uses libusb 0.1. The device works with Ubuntu 10.04 and earlier but fails with Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.10. I tried Fedora 17 which also uses kernel 3 and it functions as expected. The first point where I can see problems is a call to usb_control_msg
usb_control_msg(mDevice, USB_RECIP_DEVICE | USB_TYPE_VENDOR, 0xA0, 0xE600, 0, (char*)pBuffer, 1, 1000)
which now returns -1.
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ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 3739 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
CasperVersion: 1.328
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation T5500
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/username/install/boot/vmlinuz debian-installer/custom-installation=/username/install/custom-installation noprompt quiet splash boot=casper ro debian-installer/locale=en_GB.UTF-8 keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=gb keyboard-configuration/variantcode= -- rootflags=sync
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-17-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-17-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.95
RfKill:

Tags: quantal running-unity
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 07/06/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A14
dmi.board.name: 0CRH6C
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A01
dmi.chassis.type: 7
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA14:bd07/06/2012:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionWorkStationT5500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0CRH6C:rvrA01:cvnDellInc.:ct7:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Precision WorkStation T5500
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v3.7 kernel[0] (Not a kernel in the daily directory) and install both the linux-image and linux-image-extra .deb packages.

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'.

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the tag: 'kernel-bug-exists-upstream'.

If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, for example it will not boot, please add the tag: 'kernel-unable-to-test-upstream'.
Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug as "Confirmed".

Thanks in advance.

[0] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.7-rc4-raring/

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Ian McClenahan, as per http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshooting/us/en/19/Product/precision-t5500 an update is available for your BIOS (A16). If you update to this, does it change anything?

If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

Thank you for your understanding.

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