[chirp_devel] Patch for UV5R driver to fix communication on Ubuntu 16.04 with pl2303-based cables (fixes #4165)

[Dan Smith]

> All I can say is that I'm unable to reproduce the issue now, on Ubuntu 18.04 which I now use, no matter whether the radio is on or off when I plug it in.
> 
> Presumably the person who was bothering me to apply the patch still sees the issue; it might still be broken on 16.04. Maybe something about the serial driver has changed again.

Yeah, well, I don't really think it's a good idea for us to put a hack in place for a buggy driver on a single release of a single OS, for a single radio (or a small set of them).

Thanks for letting us know that you can't repro it anymore, that's helpful.

--Dan