Hi, On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:06:01 -0800 Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 01:15:54PM +0300, Dave Milter wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have device, that implement Communication Device Class. > > And want to connect it to my machine. On Windows give system proper > > inf file with > > vendor and product id, I was abble to communicate with device using > > virtual com port and hyperterminal. > > > > Now I want to use it on linux. But the problem is that there are > > already several devices connected to my machine, > > that use usbserial indirectly. > > > > If I remove pl2303,ftdi_sio,usbserial, then run > > insmod usbserial vendor= product= > > Ick, never do that. You NEVER want to add a new device id to the > usbserial core, if you ever see anyone suggest you do that, it is flat > out wrong. > Sorry for asking a maybe FAQ: Why you should *never* add a new device id to the usbserial core? Of course, if there is a special driver for the device, use that. But if all you want and need to do is to use a single pair of bulk endpoints, then why not use the generic driver? What is the alternative? It is easier than using libusb and provides a common interface. Greetings Andreas Kemnade
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