Pyserial and Ubuntu Linux kernel 3.13.0-65-generic

[Rob Gaddi]

So, this is odd.  I'm running Ubuntu 14.04, and my system did a kernel 
upgrade from the repository from 3.13.0-63-generic to 3.13.0-65-generic.  
And pyserial (2.7, installed through pip) stopped working.

Specifically, when I make read() calls on a Serial object, I get the error

serial.serialutil.SerialException: device reports readiness to read but 
returned no data (device disconnected?)

This comes from the PosixSerial.read() method in serialposix.py, and 
seems to be a result of the select.select call screwing up.

I reboot under 3.13.0-63-generic.  My code works.  I reboot under 
3.13.0-65-generic.  My code doesn't.  Implication would seem to be that 
somehow between these kernel versions, the select() logic in the serial 
driver changed.  This happens regardless of whether the serial port is 
real, FTDI USB-UART, or Prolific USB-UART.

Can anyone else confirm?  Also, who do I try to report this one to?

Thanks,
Rob

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