Serial not functioning in BalenaOS, ch341-uart (module usbserial not found)

[matthewcroughan]

Missing ch340 / usbserial modules for uart converter in resin 2.2.0

Hi, I want to work with usb serial converter that uses driver ch341 and depends on usbserial module. In desktop linux it is present in /lib/modules/4.10.0-28-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/. However in ResinOS 2.2.0 the folder does not exist. That I assume is that by choice those modules were not built in into kernel. What is the idea on how to add them / load them into kernel? Of course to load them correctly they should be compiled with the kernel version of ResinOS. Kind regards, llap

Looking at this thread, it seems clear to me that the module simply isn’t present in the Balena version that is currently available for the Orange Pi, which is 2.31.5. Other Orange Pi boards are even more outdated than this. When will this be resolved?