Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:46:50 +0300 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Nokia CA-42 cable Message-ID: <20060212164650.GT86448@cell.sick.ru> In-Reply-To: <20060212.093447.74725815.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <20060212094758.GP86448@cell.sick.ru> <20060212.085136.110773332.imp@bsdimp.com> <20060212162841.GR86448@cell.sick.ru> <20060212.093447.74725815.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 09:34:47AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: W> > On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 08:51:36AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: W> > M> In message: <20060212094758.GP86448@cell.sick.ru> W> > M> Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org> writes: W> > M> : I'm lame in USB and I can't understand why Linux supports this device W> > M> : w/o any additional modifications, just recognising ID, but our driver W> > M> : doesn't. I'm seeking for advice, that will help me get this device W> > M> : working. W> > M> W> > M> We have a lot of different usb serial drivers. Why did you pick W> > M> uplcom to add the ID to? Linux has merged them all into a single W> > M> driver, but that driver lacks the refinement our individual W> > M> sub-drivers have (at least last time I checked). W> > W> > As I said, Linux has IDs for CA-42, but they are different to what W> > I have: W> > W> > /* Nokia CA-42 Cable */ W> > #define NOKIA_CA42_VENDOR_ID 0x078b W> > #define NOKIA_CA42_PRODUCT_ID 0x1234 W> > W> > These IDs are utilised in pl2303.c, that's why I have chosen the W> > uplcom(4) driver. W> W> That ID is radically different. uplcom is a good first choice. W> However, maybe you could try each of the drivers. I know freebsd W> makes this a pain, but it is the only way to be sure we don't support W> it. Ok, I will try this. Or may be I should follow Linux source and see how it distinguishes device type? W> Alternatively, you could open up the cable and find which chip is W> inside it. That might be what's called 'hard' or 'undesirable', but W> it may be the only way to know for sure, short of trial and error... It is a monolithic piece of plastic, so I'll probably fail to assemble it after such a surgery. W> > M> Maybe if you provided more information we could help you more. W> > W> > What else can I provide? W> W> Did I miss a dmesg from Linux in your earlier message? Warner, I don't have Linux anywhere! :) I just found information in internet, that this cable works with Linux if IDs are supplied with insmod. -- Totus tuus, Glebius. GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE
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