static int debug;
 
+#define MAX_TX_URBS            40
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC
 
 static int generic_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
        struct urb *urb;
        unsigned char *buffer;
        int status;
-       int towrite;
-       int bwrite = 0;
-
-       dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number);
-
-       if (count == 0)
-               dbg("%s - write request of 0 bytes", __func__);
 
-       while (count > 0) {
-               towrite = (count > port->bulk_out_size) ?
-                       port->bulk_out_size : count;
-               spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
-               if (port->urbs_in_flight >
-                   port->serial->type->max_in_flight_urbs) {
-                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
-                       dbg("%s - write limit hit", __func__);
-                       return bwrite;
-               }
-               port->tx_bytes_flight += towrite;
-               port->urbs_in_flight++;
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
+       if (port->tx_urbs == MAX_TX_URBS) {
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
+               dbg("%s - write limit hit", __func__);
+               return 0;
+       }
+       port->tx_urbs++;
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
 
-               buffer = kmalloc(towrite, GFP_ATOMIC);
-               if (!buffer) {
-                       dev_err(&port->dev,
-                       "%s ran out of kernel memory for urb ...\n", __func__);
-                       goto error_no_buffer;
-               }
+       urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_ATOMIC);
+       if (!urb) {
+               dev_err(&port->dev, "%s - no free urbs available\n", __func__);
+               status = -ENOMEM;
+               goto err_urb;
+       }
 
-               urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_ATOMIC);
-               if (!urb) {
-                       dev_err(&port->dev, "%s - no more free urbs\n",
+       count = min_t(int, count, PAGE_SIZE);
+       buffer = kmalloc(count, GFP_ATOMIC);
+       if (!buffer) {
+               dev_err(&port->dev, "%s - could not allocate buffer\n",
                                __func__);
-                       goto error_no_urb;
-               }
+               status = -ENOMEM;
+               goto err_buf;
+       }
 
-               /* Copy data */
-               memcpy(buffer, buf + bwrite, towrite);
-               usb_serial_debug_data(debug, &port->dev, __func__,
-                                     towrite, buffer);
-               /* fill the buffer and send it */
-               usb_fill_bulk_urb(urb, port->serial->dev,
+       memcpy(buffer, buf, count);
+       usb_serial_debug_data(debug, &port->dev, __func__, count, buffer);
+       usb_fill_bulk_urb(urb, port->serial->dev,
                        usb_sndbulkpipe(port->serial->dev,
                                        port->bulk_out_endpointAddress),
-                       buffer, towrite,
+                       buffer, count,
                        port->serial->type->write_bulk_callback, port);
 
-               status = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
-               if (status) {
-                       dev_err(&port->dev, "%s - error submitting urb: %d\n",
+       status = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+       if (status) {
+               dev_err(&port->dev, "%s - error submitting urb: %d\n",
                                __func__, status);
-                       goto error;
-               }
-
-               /* This urb is the responsibility of the host driver now */
-               usb_free_urb(urb);
-               dbg("%s write: %d", __func__, towrite);
-               count -= towrite;
-               bwrite += towrite;
+               goto err;
        }
-       return bwrite;
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
+       port->tx_bytes += urb->transfer_buffer_length;
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
 
-error:
        usb_free_urb(urb);
-error_no_urb:
+
+       return count;
+err:
        kfree(buffer);
-error_no_buffer:
+err_buf:
+       usb_free_urb(urb);
+err_urb:
        spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
-       port->urbs_in_flight--;
-       port->tx_bytes_flight -= towrite;
+       port->tx_urbs--;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
-       return bwrite;
+
+       return status;
 }
 
 /**
        }
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
-       port->tx_bytes_flight += count;
+       port->tx_bytes += count;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
 
        return count;
        if (!count)
                return 0;
 
-       if (serial->type->max_in_flight_urbs)
-               return usb_serial_multi_urb_write(tty, port,
-                                                 buf, count);
+       if (serial->type->multi_urb_write)
+               return usb_serial_multi_urb_write(tty, port, buf, count);
 
        count = kfifo_in_locked(&port->write_fifo, buf, count, &port->lock);
        result = usb_serial_generic_write_start(port);
        struct usb_serial_port *port = tty->driver_data;
        struct usb_serial *serial = port->serial;
        unsigned long flags;
-       int room = 0;
+       int room;
 
        dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number);
 
                return 0;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
-       if (serial->type->max_in_flight_urbs) {
-               if (port->urbs_in_flight < serial->type->max_in_flight_urbs)
-                       room = port->bulk_out_size *
-                               (serial->type->max_in_flight_urbs -
-                                port->urbs_in_flight);
-       } else {
+       if (serial->type->multi_urb_write)
+               room = (MAX_TX_URBS - port->tx_urbs) * PAGE_SIZE;
+       else
                room = kfifo_avail(&port->write_fifo);
-       }
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
 
        dbg("%s - returns %d", __func__, room);
                return 0;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
-       if (serial->type->max_in_flight_urbs)
-               chars = port->tx_bytes_flight;
+       if (serial->type->multi_urb_write)
+               chars = port->tx_bytes;
        else
-               chars = kfifo_len(&port->write_fifo) + port->tx_bytes_flight;
+               chars = kfifo_len(&port->write_fifo) + port->tx_bytes;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
 
        dbg("%s - returns %d", __func__, chars);
 
        dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number);
 
-       if (port->serial->type->max_in_flight_urbs) {
+       if (port->serial->type->multi_urb_write) {
                kfree(urb->transfer_buffer);
 
                spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
-               --port->urbs_in_flight;
-               port->tx_bytes_flight -= urb->transfer_buffer_length;
-               if (port->urbs_in_flight < 0)
-                       port->urbs_in_flight = 0;
+               port->tx_bytes -= urb->transfer_buffer_length;
+               port->tx_urbs--;
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
        } else {
                spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
-               port->tx_bytes_flight -= urb->transfer_buffer_length;
+               port->tx_bytes -= urb->transfer_buffer_length;
                port->write_urb_busy = 0;
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);