On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:50:21 +0530 Rahul Sundaram <metherid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: (adding linux-usb to cc:, see below) > Increasingly a number of broadband connections require usb_modeswitch to > connect online > > http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/03/vodafone-australia-mobile-broadband-and.html > > Any opposition to adding this to the base group? I am strongly opposed. IMHO, using usb_modeswitch is not necessary, and we should not package its version 1.0.0 or any other version. The root of the problem here is that someone thought it was a good idea to make the kernel chase Huawei IDs. But it's not. Even if the linux-next were taking the IDs as Huawei pops them, without any lag, the distro kernels simply have no chance to keep up. Here is the log from Peter's blog: usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6 usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=1520 usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 usb 1-2: Product: HUAWEI Mobile usb 1-2: Manufacturer: HUAWEI Technology So, the 0x1520. The 2.6.33 ends with 0x143f. No woder Peter resorts to usb_modeswitch! And what's the downside for him? My ulcers? We ought to put a quirk in usb-storage that deals with Huawei in a particular way. I don't see how screenfuls of garbage in unusual_devs.h is any better than special-casing in usb_stor_acquire_resources. If we do not do that, users will continue using usb_modeswitch, and then all the kernel code that deals with Huawei now amounts to useless waste. -- Pete -- 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
