On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 09:05:29PM -0600, Matt Domsch wrote: > What's the right place to add USB IDs to a MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() to > autload usbserial for CDMA and GSM modems that appear on the USB bus, > and that work with > > modprobe usbserial vendor=0x.... device=0x....
ARGH!!! No, please do not use those modems with the usb-serial driver, use the specific driver for these chips. So far, almost all of the Dell devices are controlled by the option driver. If you could verify the company that makes the chipset for these devices, that would make it easier to place them in the correct driver (option vs. sierra.) > I'd like to add at least (snagged from hal-info) > > 413c:8114 Dell 5700 Mobile Broadband CDMA/EVDO Mini-Card == Novatel Expedite > EV620 CDMA/EV-DO, > 413c:8117 Dell 5700 Mobile Broadband CDMA/EVDO ExpressCard == Novatel Merlin > XV620 CDMA/EV-DO, > 413c:8128 Dell 5700 Mobile Broadband CDMA/EVDO Mini-Card == Novatel Expedite > E720 CDMA/EV-DO, > 413c:8133 Dell 5720 Mobile Broadband CDMA/EVDO Mini-Card == Novatel Expedite > E725 CDMA/EV-DO These are all already supported by the option driver today. > and several GSM cards: > 413c:8115 > 413c:8116 > 413c:8118 > 413c:8137 So are these. Why is this not working for you already? There are also some other Dell-offered devices supported by this driver that you didn't list :) > With latest NetworkManager, hal, and a patch to hal-info to include > 413c:8133, these should all work (and I have an 8133 card and know it > works). > > There are instructions on various blogs, such as > http://www.savvyadmin.com/2007/06/03/ubuntu-dell-5700-evdo/ That site is old, and wrong. > that suggest the right solution is to use an 'options usbserial > vendor=... device=...' line in modprobe.conf, and a script to modprobe > usbserial, but I'd really like to see proper autoloading. It will, and does, are you sure you have that driver already built? If someone would please take down all the old "use the generic driver" sites for wireless modems, I would be much happier... thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
