Re: usbserial driving multiple devices

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On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 05:52:03PM +0200, azimout@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I was wondering if there's a way for usbserial.ko to drive multiple
> devices when it's loaded manually. Specifically, I want to connect to
> professional GPS/GNSS receivers via USB and talk to them through a
> serial connection over USB.
> 
> I can make it work for each single one, through "sudo modprobe
> usbserial vendor=xxxx product=yyyy", but I cannot run this command a
> second time to make it create a second /dev/ttyUSB[09] device (this is
> not true; I can run it a second time, and it exits without error, but
> since the module is already loaded, it doesn't have the desired
> effect).

Ick, don't use the "generic" usb serial driver for anything "real" like
a gps device, it's for debugging and one-off devices only.

If you provide the product and device id, we can add it to the proper
device driver for it.  What type of chip is this that you are talking
to?

thanks,

greg k-h
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