On Thu, 2016-03-17 at 15:09 -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > On Thu, 17 Mar 2016, ais523 wrote: > > > > There's no question about it -- your problem is caused by a buggy > > > device. > > > > This actually doesn't surprise me at all; I became suspicious when I > > saw that the serial number was 0123456789ABCDEF rather than something > > that looked more like a serial number. > > > > As far as I can tell, the device pretends to be a mass storage device > > for the purpose of installing drivers on Windows and OS X, in addition > > to being a networking device. The mass storage part of the device > > doesn't work under Linux because the device violates the protocol so > > badly; but nor is it particularly useful or the reason that you'd use > > the device in the first place. Meanwhile, its networking properties do > > work under Linux, and are useful, but aren't usable until/unless the > > device stops resetting. > > > > I've also verified that the device itself has the latest firmware; so > > the problem hasn't been fixed by the manufacturer yet. > > > > Do you feel that it's worth implementing some sort of workaround in the > > kernel? If not, I can either continue using my manual workaround of > > repeatedly connecting and disconnecting the device until the reset > > loops stop naturally, or perhaps trying to put pressure on the > > manufacturer to fix the problem with their device. > > No in-kernel workaround is needed. You can simply specify a module > parameter for the usb-storage driver that will prevent it from binding > to the device. The parameter would be "1bbb:f000:i" (that's the > vendor ID, the product ID, and 'i' for Ignore). > > Of course, putting pressure on the manufacturer to fix the bugs would > also be a good idea. :-) > > Alan Stern OK. Thanks for your time looking into this, and your advice; it's appreciated. -- ais523 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
