i could not find any option.c or unusual_devs.h on my machine, what sould i do next?
2009/8/16, Raja R Harinath <harin...@hurrynot.org>: > Hi, > > Umarzuki Mochlis <umarz...@gmail.com> writes: > >> the modem is Huawei E1762 which is provided by local ISP when registering >> for their wireless broadband service. >> >> this modem, weirdly, can only be detected when i used it recently from >> windows xp, while the device still connected into the usb port, reboot >> into debian, then it will be >> detected and can be used with Vodafone Mobile Connect Card driver for >> Linux >> >> detected as usb storage >> Bus 005 Device 003: ID 12d1:1446 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. >> >> detected as modem >> Bus 005 Device 003: ID 12d1:1003 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E220 HSDPA >> Modem / E270 HSDPA/HSUPA Modem > > This looks like an USB device that carries its Windows drivers on it. > When you first plug it in, it appears as a USB storage device with the > driver in it. After the Windows driver is installed, it pokes the > device to make the modem interface appear. > > Now, on Linux, the modem interface, 0x1003, is supported by the option.c > driver. So, the trick is to add a quirk to the USB storage driver to > handle the poking. It appears there already are similar devices, and > there already is code in the kernel to handle the poking of the device, > etc. > > You'll probably need to patch the drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h > file in the kernel to add a para that looks like: > > UNUSUAL_DEV( 0x12d1, 0x1446, 0x0000, 0x0000, > "HUAWEI MOBILE", > "Mass Storage", > US_SC_DEVICE, US_PR_DEVICE, usb_stor_huawei_e220_init, > 0), > > and recompile. Unfortunately, the usbstorage 'quirk=...' option doesn't > appear to be able to handle this kind of quirk. > > - Hari > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://gameornot.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
