On 2 May 2011 18:05, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 05:52:03PM +0200, azimout@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Hello list, >> >> I was wondering if there's a way for usbserial.ko to drive multiple >> devices when it's loaded manually. Specifically, I want to connect to >> professional GPS/GNSS receivers via USB and talk to them through a >> serial connection over USB. >> >> I can make it work for each single one, through "sudo modprobe >> usbserial vendor=xxxx product=yyyy", but I cannot run this command a >> second time to make it create a second /dev/ttyUSB[09] device (this is >> not true; I can run it a second time, and it exits without error, but >> since the module is already loaded, it doesn't have the desired >> effect). > > Ick, don't use the "generic" usb serial driver for anything "real" like > a gps device, it's for debugging and one-off devices only. > > If you provide the product and device id, we can add it to the proper > device driver for it. ÂWhat type of chip is this that you are talking > to? > > thanks, > > greg k-h > Greg, thank you for the prompt response. The first device is a Novatel OEMV board. The vid/pid pair is [09d7:0100]. The other device is a Javad Delta board. The vid/pid pair is [1a46:0000]. However, I guess I will see this in the next kernel version. Is there anything I can do now, to be able to work with both? Dimitrios Symeonidis "If you think you're too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito!" - Amnesty International -- 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
