On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 10:15:20PM +0200, Marek Belisko wrote: > From: "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > While trying to test a Cinterion GSM/GPS/3G module I had reconfigured > the USB interface by mistake and therefore needed to run a different > USB driver than CDC-ACM. It turned out that I need the "usbserial" driver. > > This file is an official description how to use it: Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt > > But it is outdated. The parameters vendor= and product= are only available > if compiled as a kernel module and have been superseded by a /sys interface. > > Here was the solution: > > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=175499 > > insmod usbserial vendor=0x#### product=0x#### > > becomes (first #### is vendor, second is product) > > modprobe usbserial > echo #### #### >/sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/generic/new_id > > This patch changes the documentation file to describe the modern variant. > Please note that the old one still works (if compiled as module). > > Signed-off-by: H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Marek Belisko <marek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > - fixed 2 sentences suggested by Johan Hovold Thanks for fixing this. Looks good now. Acked-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> 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
