Dmitry, It is a lot more complicated than just enabling CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC (actually CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_OPTION).
The developers have played around with supporting USB 3G modems in the past. One of the problems is that these USB 3G modems are actually combo flash drives (by default) and USB 3G modems, "flip flop" (multiple device), that somehow the industry thought was a good idea. There is a Linux tool to switch "flip flop" (multiple device) USB gear called "usb_modeswitch"... http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ but that has issues for us as well. It was decided this functionality was not a good fit for AstLinux. The high price of 3G data, and poor quality (high latency) is another negative. Lonnie On Jul 28, 2011, at 7:51 AM, Dmitry Komarov wrote: > Short investigation shows that > > CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC=y > > should be set in the kernel. As I see there is no such option set in Astlinux > kernel. > > Which is the simpliest way to get around this? Should I recompile the whole > distro or kernel? > > Maybe this option should be included in Astlinux by default? > > --- > Regards, > Dmitry > > > On Jul 28, 2011, at 15:15 , Dmitry Komarov wrote: > >> Hello! >> >> Has anyone tried to configure Astlinux to work with USB 3G modems? >> >> I have Huawei E220 HSDPA dongle which is fairly well supported in Linux, but >> I still have problems to configure it under Astlinux. >> >> Does anyone have similar experience? >> >> --- >> Best Regards, >> Dmitry >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. >> Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. >> Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey >> _______________________________________________ >> Astlinux-users mailing list >> Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users >> >> Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to >> pay...@krisk.org. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. > Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. > Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey_______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
