From owner-freebsd-current Tue Dec 12 6: 2:41 2000 From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 12 06:02:39 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from henny.webweaving.org (unknown [212.113.16.243]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 944CB37B400 for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2000 06:02:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by henny.webweaving.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA40919; Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:52:33 GMT (envelope-from n_hibma@qubesoft.com) Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:52:33 +0000 (GMT) From: Nick Hibma X-Sender: n_hibma@henny.webweaving.org Reply-To: Nick Hibma To: Mark Huizer Cc: Mike Meyer , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USB modem? In-Reply-To: <20001212144229.A28660@eeyore.local.dohd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Whether a device is recognized by a driver depends on one thing only: the probe routine in the driver. It either has to conform to the specs and this device obviously doesn't, or it has to be supported by the driver and therefore the IDs of the device need to be known. The entries in usbdevs* are simply converted to a list of device names plus defines for the use of drivers, to make things simpler. Nick On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Mark Huizer wrote: > > > Is it a case of being in the usbdevs list _and_ supporting those specs? > > > Or just following the specs? > > > > I believe that being listed in usbdevs isn't a requirement, but I'm > > not positive. I also haven't had any look getting the thing to work > > dynamically loading the various modules involved. > > > It is detected as a generic device: > ugen0: Siemens AG Vox Chicago 390 ISDN, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 2 > > I will try to build a kernel with the umodem device in it, see if that > makes a difference > > -- > Nice testing in little China... > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > -- Qube Software, Ltd. Private: n_hibma@qubesoft.com n_hibma@webweaving.org n_hibma@freebsd.org http://www.qubesoft.com/ http://www.etla.net/~n_hibma/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message