Hi
I've got a wireless CDMA modem that works perfectly using the option usb serial driver, but is not currently listed as one of the supported devices. I've been manually adding its ID to option.c and recompiling the driver since F8. This however means that each time I perform a kernel upgrade I lose internet connectivity until I've done this. It also means that yum-presto won't do a delta upgrade of the kernel since it's contents have changed, I have to download the full package (CDMA cell network, can get pretty expensive).
Do I get this added to the Fedora kernel first or should I send it upstream? Any pointers as to the procedures to follow (links to documentation detailing who to contact etc would be most appreciated).
Thanks
Dululu
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Dululu Ululu dululu@gmail.com wrote:
Hi
I've got a wireless CDMA modem that works perfectly using the option usb serial driver, but is not currently listed as one of the supported devices. I've been manually adding its ID to option.c and recompiling the driver since F8. This however means that each time I perform a kernel upgrade I lose internet connectivity until I've done this. It also means that yum-presto won't do a delta upgrade of the kernel since it's contents have changed, I have to download the full package (CDMA cell network, can get pretty expensive).
Do I get this added to the Fedora kernel first or should I send it upstream? Any pointers as to the procedures to follow (links to documentation detailing who to contact etc would be most appreciated).
Send the patch upstream. You can read this for instructions on how to send a patch
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Do...
Thanks,
Josef