Re: Hotplug doen't know my device

[Matthew Dharm <mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net>]

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If the usb-storage driver doesn't claim it when manually loaded, it
probably doesn't work.

At least, the device does not advertise compatability in its descriptors.
Some devices are still spec-compliant, even when their descriptors aren't,
but chances are the device simply won't work.

Matt

On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 10:31:38PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 05:00:02AM +0000, d@niel.draes.de wrote:
> > 
> > > Does this device work with the Linux usb-storage driver if you load the
> > > driver by hand before plugging in the device?
> > 
> > Nope, it doesn't. I guess I have to tell him somewhere to use the storage driver
> > for this device, but where and how?> 
> 
> Try asking on the linux-usb-users mailing list if this device is even
> supported on Linux by the usb-storage drivers.  The usb-storage
> maintainer can answer that question much better than I can.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 
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