On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 09:41:59AM +0700, Ahmad Jauhari wrote: > > Do you mean the "generic" usb serial driver? If so, ick, never use > > that for a real device. See the archives on this list a few weeks ago > > for detailed reasons why. > > yep. that's the one i'm talking about. i'm curious. can I make use of the > option module for the device by recompile it and adds the vendor and product > code on the module so it will recognize the device without having to bind it > manually. or should i go for kernel upgrades instead. Are you sure your device works for the option driver? What is the vendor and device id of your devices? > > It's on the kernel.org site. > > let's say i have downloaded the new kernel. how am I supposed to compile it > to replace the current one. is there any tutorial about compiling a kernel > to replace a currently installed kernel? i'm totally blind on this. There is a free book online, called "Linux Kernel in a Nutshell" that you can read that should answer all of these questions for you. If not, take a look at the kernelnewbies.org site, between the two of them, it should get you up and running properly. Hope this helps, 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
