On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 09:53:41AM -0600, Kirk Madsen wrote:
> After a great deal of searching, I discovered that instead of doing a
> simple "/sbin/modprobe usbserial vendor=0x09d7 product=0x0100", with
> fedora 20 you now have to edit your grub2 config to add a generic
> serial device. Dmesg reported the following, so I am following
> directions. Please add this device to a proper driver.
>
> [ 1.391259] usb 1-1.1: new full-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
> [ 1.478121] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=09d7, idProduct=0100
> [ 1.478127] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
> SerialNumber=3
> [ 1.478130] usb 1-1.1: Product: Novatel GPS Receiver
> [ 1.478133] usb 1-1.1: Manufacturer: Novatel Inc.
> [ 1.478135] usb 1-1.1: SerialNumber: BFN14190250
> [ 1.479205] usbserial_generic 1-1.1:1.0: The "generic" usb-serial driver
> is only for testing and one-off prototypes.
> [ 1.479209] usbserial_generic 1-1.1:1.0: Tell [email protected] to
> add your device to a proper driver.
> [ 1.479212] usbserial_generic 1-1.1:1.0: generic converter detected
> [ 1.479345] usb 1-1.1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB0
> [ 1.479420] usb 1-1.1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB1
> [ 1.479448] usb 1-1.1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB2
Thanks for reporting back. What is the full "lsusb -v" output for this
device? Could you test a patch for Novatel GPS support if I send you
one?
Note that you can also add a VID/PID using sysfs, e.g.:
echo 09d7 0100 >/sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/generic/new_id
Thanks,
Johan
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