Re: CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERiC=y

FreeStyler wrote:

I was thinking that with [*] I didn't get a module. Ok. But how then is
marked by Knoppix when I found:
in my /boot/config-2.6.17 that
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERiC=y
What then "y" means?

Yes, [*] and "y" mean that you don't get a module, normally. But with

CONFIG_USB_SERIAL=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC=y

you really get the usbserial module (I have these options and I got the
module). And yes, that is a bit confusing.

I ask that because in a manual:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Vodafone_UMTS-GPRS_PCMCIA_Adapter
it is wrote that
USB Serial Converter... ---> USB Generic ...
must be compiled as a module, to got:

That wiki entry probably was correct for older kernels. I updated the
wiki entry.

You want to have the usbserial module, because you want to use

modprobe usbserial vendor=0x0af0 product=0x6000

..

Regards...
Michael
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