int cmd_ctrl;                      /* always set this to 1 before issuing a command */
        struct cypress_buf *buf;           /* write buffer */
        int write_urb_in_use;              /* write urb in use indicator */
+       int write_urb_interval;            /* interval to use for write urb */
+       int read_urb_interval;             /* interval to use for read urb */
        int termios_initialized;
        __u8 line_control;                 /* holds dtr / rts value */
        __u8 current_status;               /* received from last read - info on dsr,cts,cd,ri,etc */
 static int generic_startup (struct usb_serial *serial)
 {
        struct cypress_private *priv;
+       struct usb_serial_port *port = serial->port[0];
 
-       dbg("%s - port %d", __FUNCTION__, serial->port[0]->number);
+       dbg("%s - port %d", __FUNCTION__, port->number);
 
        priv = kzalloc(sizeof (struct cypress_private), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!priv)
        
        usb_reset_configuration (serial->dev);
        
-       interval = 1;
        priv->cmd_ctrl = 0;
        priv->line_control = 0;
        priv->termios_initialized = 0;
        priv->rx_flags = 0;
        priv->cbr_mask = B300;
-       usb_set_serial_port_data(serial->port[0], priv);
+       if (interval > 0) {
+               priv->write_urb_interval = interval;
+               priv->read_urb_interval = interval;
+               dbg("%s - port %d read & write intervals forced to %d",
+                   __FUNCTION__,port->number,interval);
+       } else {
+               priv->write_urb_interval = port->interrupt_out_urb->interval;
+               priv->read_urb_interval = port->interrupt_in_urb->interval;
+               dbg("%s - port %d intervals: read=%d write=%d",
+                   __FUNCTION__,port->number,
+                   priv->read_urb_interval,priv->write_urb_interval);
+       }
+       usb_set_serial_port_data(port, priv);
        
        return 0;
 }
        usb_fill_int_urb(port->interrupt_in_urb, serial->dev,
                usb_rcvintpipe(serial->dev, port->interrupt_in_endpointAddress),
                port->interrupt_in_urb->transfer_buffer, port->interrupt_in_urb->transfer_buffer_length,
-               cypress_read_int_callback, port, interval);
+               cypress_read_int_callback, port, priv->read_urb_interval);
        result = usb_submit_urb(port->interrupt_in_urb, GFP_KERNEL);
 
        if (result){
 
        port->interrupt_out_urb->transfer_buffer_length = actual_size;
        port->interrupt_out_urb->dev = port->serial->dev;
-       port->interrupt_out_urb->interval = interval;
+       port->interrupt_out_urb->interval = priv->write_urb_interval;
        result = usb_submit_urb (port->interrupt_out_urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
        if (result) {
                dev_err(&port->dev, "%s - failed submitting write urb, error %d\n", __FUNCTION__,
                                        port->interrupt_in_endpointAddress),
                                port->interrupt_in_urb->transfer_buffer,
                                port->interrupt_in_urb->transfer_buffer_length,
-                               cypress_read_int_callback, port, interval);
+                               cypress_read_int_callback, port, priv->read_urb_interval);
                result = usb_submit_urb(port->interrupt_in_urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
                if (result)
                        dev_err(&urb->dev->dev, "%s - failed resubmitting "