On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:02:53PM -0500, Autif Khan wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:43:59AM -0500, Autif Khan wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > On Mon, 2012-02-27 at 16:28 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > >> >> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:21:04AM +1100, Tom Cassidy wrote: > >> >> > I have a Sierra Wireless 320U USB-to-WWAN modem that does not work with the > >> >> > current sierra and sierra_net drivers included in the Linux kernel. The > >> >> > manufacturer has an updated driver available from their website at > >> >> > http://mycusthelp.net/SIERRAWIRELESS/_cs/AnswerDetail.aspx?aid=44 > >> >> > > >> >> > My modem device works after installing this updated driver. I tested using the > >> >> > current Ubuntu-precise development release with the mainline kernel release > >> >> > 3.3.0-030300rc5-generic from > >> >> > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.3-rc5-precise/ > >> >> > > >> >> > The driver versions in linux-3.3-rc5 are: > >> >> > sierra: v.1.7.16 > >> >> > sierra_net: v.2.0 > >> >> > > >> >> > The driver versions for the updated drivers from Sierra Wireless are: > >> >> > sierra: v.1.7.40 > >> >> > sierra_net: v.3.2 > >> >> > > >> >> > The direct link to the updated driver is at > >> >> > http://www.sierrawireless.com/resources/support/drivers/linux/v3.2_1740_kernel-3.0.directIP.tar > >> >> > >> >> Care to ask the sierra wireless developers to send us patches to achive > >> >> this? I can't grab a tarball from a web site and just blindly apply it > >> >> to the kernel tree, that might not work. > >> > > >> > Looks like a few more supported USB IDs, some autopm fixes, and some > >> > IPv6 fixes in sierra_net. Not too complicated a merge for Sierra to do, > >> > I think. > >> > > >> > Dan > >> > >> I have submitted patches that integrates these drivers. > >> > >> The driver builds, I have not tested with a device though. > >> > >> Since this is my first non-trivial patch - please let me know if I > >> have made some mistake. > > > > You forgot to copy the original authors of the patch, please do so. > > > > greg k-h > > Newbie question - should I > > 1) submit the patch just to the author (klloyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) You also forgot linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, right? > OR > > 2) resubmit the patch to everyone - Greg, Rusty, Johan, Alan, Mauro, > linux-usb, linux-kernel and klloyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I would suggest asking Keven, and the "generic" linux@ address about this to see if they can break up the work into the proper logical pieces. Only if they don't reply after a week or so would I suggest doing it yourself. WHen you do that, then always please copy everyone needed. thanks, greg k-h -- 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
