usb.usermap script processing doesn't work for me

[Reinhold May <Reinhold.May@gmx.de>]

Hi,

I'm not sure if I've understood the hotplug scripts correctly and
as I'm fairly new to linux scripts please correct me if I'm
wrong.

When I tried to install the Alcatel Speedtouch modem kernel
drivers according to Johan Verrept's HowTo
(http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/howto.html) I
couldn't get it to work.

The 'driver' is a simple script (loading a kernel module on its
own) in '/etc/hotplug/usb' along with an entry in
'/etc/hotplug/usb.usermap' comprising the name of the script and
vendor and product id.

As I understand the hotplug scripts they should eventually read
the entry in 'usb.usermap', compare the module name with the
available kernel module names and, even if no kernel module with
that name exists, look in the corresponding subdirectory for a
script with that module name to execute.

That didn't work for me and I tracked my problem down to an entry
in '/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions' and changed it according to
this:

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
     fi
 
     # do it with just shell scripts
-    if [ "$LISTER" = "" ]; then
+    if [ "$DRIVERS" = "" ]; then
 	${TYPE}_map_modules < $FILENAME
     fi
 
As '$LISTER' is the command to check for corresponding kernel
modules and '${TYPE}_map_modules < $FILENAME' would save the
information from e. g. 'usb.usermap', it doesn't make any sense
to me.  Checking if '$DRIVERS' has already been set by '$LISTER'
commands above that position does make far more sense to me and
in my case it worked.

I hope you agree to me that this was not the intended behaviour
of the script and you agree it has to be changed.

Reinhold

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