Ok, I found a way to fix this. I added cypress_m8 to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and run sudo update-initramfs -k all -u Have a good day, Noam On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Noam Yorav-Raphael <noamraph@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a device (a microscope automation controller) which has a USB > port which uses a standard RS232 to USB converter, by Cypress. They > just changed their vendor id and product id from the standard cypress > ID. I added their IDs to the cypress_m8 source, compiled, and put the > updated cypress_m8.ko file in /lib/modules/. > > When I plug the device the cypress_m8 driver isn't being used. > Instead, the generic usbhid driver is used, which isn't what I wanted. > If I run: > > modprobe -r usbhid cypress_m8 > modprobe cypress_m8 > modprobe usbhid > > then when I plug the device, the cypress_m8 driver is being used, and > I can use /dev/ttyUSB0, just as I wanted. > > It seems that the order in which drivers are loaded affects the > priority: the driver which was loaded first gets to catch the device. > So my question is, is there a way to permanently change the driver > priority, so that the right driver will be loaded by default? > > Thank you very much, > Noam -- 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
