On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 04:43:35PM +0200, Justin Schoeman wrote: > I am not subscribed to linux-hotplug, but am following this thread on the > list archive. > > This is exactly the problem I am having with my Huawei E220 modem. (The > modem has a usb cdrom device with the Windows drivers.) The cdrom emulation > on the device is broken, so userland attempts to mount the device trigger a > device reset. > > The network operators don't care, because the device works under Windows, > and that is all they support. So getting the firmware fixed is not an > option. Not true, see the bug on the linux-usb mailing list. There is a fix from Huawei for this problem that resolves the issue. You need to get the firmware update from your mobile provider, Huawei can not provide it directly. So see, fixing firmware by the vendor can happen :) thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html