On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 11:40:20AM +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > >>> diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt b/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt > >>> index 947fa62..9f184d8 100644 > >>> --- a/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt > >>> +++ b/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt > >>> @@ -466,11 +466,13 @@ Generic Serial driver > >>> is required of your device is that it has at least one bulk in endpoint, > >>> or one bulk out endpoint. > >>> > >>> - To enable the generic driver to recognize your device, build the driver > >>> - as a module and load it by the following invocation: > >>> - insmod usbserial vendor=0x#### product=0x#### > >>> - where the #### is replaced with the hex representation of your device's > >>> - vendor id and product id. > >>> + To enable the generic driver to recognize your device, configure > >>> + USB_SERIAL_GENERIC=y and build the driver as a module. Then load it by the > >> > >> You don't need to build the driver as a module when using the sysfs > >> method. > > > > Ok, that is right and my formulation is too narrow on that. > > Well, I should add that not my formulation was too narrow but already > the original. Since you change the description so that the context becomes invalid, you are responsible for updating the context as well. > > > > So we just s/ as a module//. > > > >> > >>> + following invocation: > >>> + modprobe usbserial > >>> + echo #### #### >/sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/generic/new_id > >>> + where the the first #### is replaced with the hex representation of your > >>> + device's vendor id and the second #### by the product id. > >>> > >>> This driver has been successfully used to connect to the NetChip USB > >>> development board, providing a way to develop USB firmware without Johan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
