Re: add ZTE EV_DO to a proper driver

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On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 07:57:21AM -0700, nirinA raseliarison wrote:
> on Sat, 18 Aug 2012 03:02:13 +0300, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 05:51:59PM +0300, nirinA raseliarison wrote:
> >> hi Greg,
> >>
> >> Le Thu, 26 Jul 2012 01:04:08 +0300, Greg KH  
> >> <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a
> >> écrit:
> >>
> >> >On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 12:51:34PM -0700, nirinA raseliarison wrote:
> >> >>hello there,
> >> >>i have an usb modem zte ev-do that i used with kernel from
> >> >>2.6.29 up to 3.5.
> >> >>since 3.5, i got the following message:
> >> >>
> >> >>    [77496.664090] usb 5-2: udev 10, busnum 5, minor = 521
> >> >>    [77496.664097] usb 5-2: New USB device found, idVendor=19d2,
> >> >>idProduct=ffff
> >> >>    [77496.664102] usb 5-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1,
> >> >>Product=2, SerialNumber=0
> >> >>    [77496.664107] usb 5-2: Product: ZTE CDMA Tech
> >> >>    [77496.664112] usb 5-2: Manufacturer: ZTE, Incorporated
> >> >>    [77496.664226] usb 5-2: usb_probe_device
> >> >>    [77496.664232] usb 5-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> >> >>    [77496.667119] usb 5-2: adding 5-2:1.0 (config #1, interface 0)
> >> >>    [77496.670161] usbserial_generic 5-2:1.0: usb_probe_interface
> >> >>    [77496.670169] usbserial_generic 5-2:1.0:
> >> >>usb_probe_interface - got id
> >> >>    [77496.670177] usbserial_generic 5-2:1.0: The "generic"
> >> >>usb-serial driver is only for testing and
> >> >>     one-off prototypes.
> >> >>    [77496.670182] usbserial_generic 5-2:1.0: Tell
> >> >>linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx to add your device to a
> >> >>    proper driver.
> >> >>    [77496.670186] usbserial_generic 5-2:1.0: generic converter  
> >> detected
> >> >>    [77496.670276] usb 5-2: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB0
> >> >>
> >> >>i would be nice to have a driver for this device in the kernel.
> >> >>the device is shipped with sources to build its modules. if i  
> >> understand
> >> >>correctly thet are released under GPL, so i attached them below.
> >> >>this is portion of Makefile i used:
> >> >>
> >> >>    obj-m := ztemt.o
> >> >>    ztemt-objs := usb-serial.o bus.o generic.o ezusb.o zte_ev.o
> >> >
> >> >Ick, that's not really the "proper" way to support this device, but I
> >> >can take the file below and write a real driver for it.  Can you test a
> >> >patch if I create it?
> >>
> >> yes, of course, i can test it.
> >
> > Very sorry for the delay, but I think I have a first cut at this.
> >
> > Can you try the patch attached to this mail, it was made against the
> > 3.6-rc2 kernel, but should apply cleanly to the 3.5 kernel and probably
> > older ones as well.
> >
> > Can you enable this driver and let me know if it works properly for you
> > or not?
> 
> i've patched against 3.5.0 and it worked like a charm.
> below portion of dmesg when the device was plugged,
> did a few minutes of connexion and then unplugged.

Wonderful, thanks for testing, I'll queue it up for the 3.7 kernel
release after I clean up the debugging code a bit.

greg k-h
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