Despite the patch { USB_DEVICE_AND_INTERFACE_INFO(ZTE_VENDOR_ID, 0x1018, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff), .driver_info = (kernel_ulong_t)&net_intf3_blacklist }, is included in option, it has no effect. [ 1109.116127] usb 1-4: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd [ 1109.251733] usb 1-4: New USB device found, idVendor=19d2, idProduct=1017 [ 1109.251750] usb 1-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=4 [ 1109.251764] usb 1-4: Product: ZTE LTE Technologies MSM [ 1109.251777] usb 1-4: Manufacturer: ZTE,Incorporated [ 1109.251788] usb 1-4: SerialNumber: MF821VVDFS020000 [ 1109.298493] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas [ 1109.305952] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... [ 1109.312239] scsi4 : usb-storage 1-4:1.0 [ 1109.312541] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [ 1109.312547] USB Mass Storage support registered. [ 1112.473337] usb 1-4: USB disconnect, device number 3 [ 1116.932128] usb 1-4: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd [ 1117.067894] usb 1-4: New USB device found, idVendor=19d2, idProduct=1018 [ 1117.067908] usb 1-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=4 [ 1117.067918] usb 1-4: Product: ZTE LTE Technologies MSM [ 1117.067926] usb 1-4: Manufacturer: ZTE,Incorporated [ 1117.067934] usb 1-4: SerialNumber: MF821VVDFS020000 [ 1117.073642] scsi5 : usb-storage 1-4:1.4 [ 1117.116156] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_wdm [ 1117.125924] qmi_wwan 1-4:1.3: cdc-wdm0: USB WDM device [ 1117.126454] qmi_wwan 1-4:1.3: wwan0: register 'qmi_wwan' at usb-0000:00:1d.7-4, WWAN/QMI device, 46:91:ff:c8:e6:8e [ 1117.126558] usbcore: registered new interface driver qmi_wwan [ 1118.073723] scsi 5:0:0:0: CD-ROM Vodafone USB SCSI CD-ROM 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 [ 1118.074384] scsi 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5 [ 1118.075607] scsi 5:0:0:1: Direct-Access Vodafone Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 [ 1118.077038] sd 5:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 [ 1118.083514] sd 5:0:0:1: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk [ 1118.100971] sr0: scsi-1 drive [ 1118.100980] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 [ 1118.101388] sr 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 I don't have the module "option" blacklisted. All other devices I have (two from huawei, two from zte ) with the combination option/qmi still work. echo-ing to new_id works too. Thomas -- 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