It's necessary because the driver is not ready for prime-time usage.
And you need to edit the .config file, not the Makefiles to make it work.
Matt
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 06:46:27AM +1100, Iain wrote:
> I have been successfully using this CDRW with the 2.4 series of kernels by
> adding -DCONFIG_USB_STORAGE_HP8200e to the EXTRA_CFLAGS in the Makefile in
> drivers/usb/storage (Why is this necessary anyway?).
>
> With the latest kernel release 2.4.2 I am getting the following errors
> after performing the usual steps.
>
> Mar 7 06:35:03 localhost kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1,
> assigned device number 2
> Mar 7 06:35:03 localhost kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod
> 0x3f0/0x107) is not claimed by any active driver.
> Mar 7 06:35:03 localhost usbmgr[383]: vendor:0x3f0 product:0x107
> Mar 7 06:35:03 localhost usbmgr[383]: class:0xf subclass:0x0 protocol:0x0
> Mar 7 06:35:04 localhost usbmgr[383]: USB device is matched the
> configuration
> Mar 7 06:35:04 localhost kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
> Mar 7 06:35:05 localhost
> insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.2/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.o: unresolved
> symbol init_8200e
> Mar 7 06:35:05 localhost
> insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.2/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.o: unresolved
> symbol hp8200e_transport
> Mar 7 06:35:05 localhost
> insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.2/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.o: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.2/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.o failed
> Mar 7 06:35:05 localhost usbmgr[383]: "scsi_mod" was loaded
> Mar 7 06:35:05 localhost usbmgr[383]: "sr_mod" was loaded
> Mar 7 06:35:05 localhost usbmgr[383]: "usb-storage" was loaded
>
> Is there a new process for getting this driver to work?
>
> Also what is the difference between using usbmgr and the hotplug scripts.
>
> thanks, Iain.
>
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