From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 15:32:17 +0000 Subject: Re: Auto-loading of usbserial in 2.6 kernel? Message-Id: <20060518153217.GA29615@kroah.com> List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 10:55:26AM -0400, LEE, Yui-wah (Clement) wrote: > Dear Scott, > > Thanks for your prompt response! > > I tried adding the two lines, but still the kernel > module was not automatically loaded. > > On the other hand, when I manually loaded the kernel > module, at least now I could use simply the command > "modprobe usbserial" but not the more elobrate > "modprobe usbserial vendor=0x1410 product=0x1110". I > think this may mean that the first line ("options ...") > is now having a good effect. Please upgrade your kernel so you use the correct driver (not the usb-serial generic one.) > Is the syntax for the second line (alias usb:v1410...") > documented somewhere? How did you come up with the > string? It's documented in the kernel source. You can look in the sysfs file called 'modalias' in the usb device's directory and see this value. thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel