On 13. juni 2011 16:57, Dan Williams wrote: > On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 01:34 +0200, Marius B. Kotsbak wrote: >> Introducing driver for the network port of Samsung Kalmia based USB LTE modems. >> It has also an ACM interface that previous patches associates with the "option" >> module. To access those interfaces, the modem must first be switched from modem >> mode using a tool like usb_modeswitch. >> >> As the proprietary protocol has been discovered by watching the MS Windows driver >> behavior, there might be errors in the protocol handling, but stable and fast >> connection has been established for hours with Norwegian operator NetCom that >> distributes this modem with their LTE/4G subscription. > Why make the driver bind to both the switched and unswitched USB IDs? > Shouldn't the kernel bind the driver after switch when the device > reconnects with the new IDs? No, I tried and it did not happen, so I assumed that the kernel modules are only loaded at USB insertion event, not when the interfaces changes. Does anyone here know if my observation is right? Usb_modeswitch autoloads "option" module after switching, but not my kalmia module. -- Marius -- 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
