On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 03:58:38PM +0200, Fabio Fumi wrote: > Thanks Greg for taking som etime to answer. > > My kernel is an old 2.6.35.7 and migrating it entirely to 3+ one is a > real mess (given the number of platfomr customization it includes). Ick, really old obsolete kernels like that one are not good for trying to run new hardware with. I suggest contacting the company that is forcing you to stick with that version, and getting support from them to do the needed backporting of this driver. > So probably the best is to try back-porting the ZTE usb-serial > driver... I guess. Is it "drivers/usb/serial/zte_ev.c" what you're > referring to? My device is a ZTE MF-210... does the same driver > really apply for this device too? I think it does, what is the device/vendor id of it? > Does the same driver rely on some kernel 3.x-only features? Yes, all drivers are tied tightly to the specific kernel version they are released with. > I can always give it a *blind* try, of course... but better knowing in > advance, if it won't work. You can try to backport it, it shouldn't be that hard, but your really going to be on your own here, sorry. best of luck, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
