On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 07:52:30PM -0600, Matt Domsch wrote: > On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 09:54:16AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 08:30:06AM -0600, Matt Domsch wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 08:47:12PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > > > 8133, which is the card I have, hit mainline between -rc2-git5 and > > > -rc2-git7. The Fedora rawhide kernel I had was 2 days old, so didn't > > > have this ID. Today's does, and works fine, as you would expect. > > > > Ah, good :) > > > > If you think it's worth it, I'll backport those ids to the .24-stable > > driver, but I don't know of any distros based on 2.6.24 right now, do > > you? > > > > > > 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 :) > > > > > > OK, I'll have to sync your list into hal-info then. > > > > What does hal-info have to do with these kinds of things? Can't it pull > > it directly from the kernel module information? Otherwise we get into > > the cycle of always being out of date. > > Looking into hal-info and NetworkManager, it seems the only bit of > data hal-info adds is if the modem is CDMA or GSM, because there are > two different sets of command protocols for each. If instead this bit > of knowledge were somehow provided by the device driver, then NM could > be taught to get it from the driver (via sysfs I expect) directly, > avoiding the need for a separate list. > > Copying dcbw for comment, as that's his code in NM and hal-info. > > Daniel, the drivers/usb/serial/option.c kernel module already lists > quite a few CDMA and GSDM devices, and this list isn't in sync with > hal-info. Can we find a way to do without listing them separately in > hal-info?
I have no problem exporting a simple sysfs attribute showing if the device is either CDMA or GSDM. I would think with that, HAL would not need to keep any kind of tables at all, and then the device info only has to stay in one place. 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
