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usb-serial.h missing from kernel headers

Bug #117040 reported by eap1935
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linux-meta (Ubuntu)
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Brian Murray

Bug Description

usb-serial.h is not located in any of the linux-header packages in the default repositories. There are several threads in the forums asking for information on how to install that particular header. None of these threads have a resolution.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you? Thanks in advance.

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Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) wrote :

Hi,

The reason usb-serial.h is not in the linux-header package is because usb-serial.h no longer exists. As of July 11, 2006 usb-serial.h was moved to a different location in the kernel source (include/linux/usb/serial.h). The following is the git log information regarding the change:

:~/linux-2.6/include/linux/usb$ git log -p a969888ce91673c7f4b86520d851a6f0d5a5fa7d
commit a969888ce91673c7f4b86520d851a6f0d5a5fa7d
Author: Greg Kroah-Hartman <email address hidden>
Date: Tue Jul 11 21:22:58 2006 -0700

    [PATCH] USB: move usb-serial.h to include/linux/usb/

    USB serial outside of the kernel tree can not build properly due to
    usb-serial.h being buried down in the source tree. This patch moves the
    location of the file to include/linux/usb and fixes up all of the usb
    serial drivers to handle the move properly.

    Cc: Sergei Organov <email address hidden>
    Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <email address hidden>

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