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On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN] wrote:

> I have come very far in this process, but I am doing something wrong
> with releasing the old descriptors... So at this moment I use a trick to
> reset the device. After uploading the internal firmware I unplug the USB
> connector just far enough for the data-lines to disconnect, but without
> disconnecting the power-lines. After plugging the device back in the
> kernel recognizes it again and uploads the external firmware.

Once you have uploaded the firmware; is any of the vendor, product, or usb
revision ID's different. If that is the case; you could use the
/etc/usbd.conf trick; download the firmware - then rely on the v/p/r value
to change and then pick it up as a new device with something else.

Dw.