Package: wnpp Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: usb-modeswitch-d...@packages.debian.org Control: affects -1 src:usb-modeswitch-data
I have orphaned the usb-modeswitch-data package for reasons independant of this package, or of Debian. The package description is: Several new USB devices have their proprietary Windows drivers onboard, especially WAN dongles. When plugged in for the first time, they act like a flash storage and start installing the driver from there. If the driver is already installed, the storage device vanishes and a new device, such as an USB modem, shows up. This is called the "ZeroCD" feature. . On Debian, this is not needed, since the driver is included as a Linux kernel module, such as "usbserial". However, the device still shows up as "usb-storage" by default. usb-modeswitch solves that issue by sending the command which actually performs the switching of the device from "usb-storage" to "usbserial". . This package contains the commands data needed for usb-modeswitch.
