[PLUG] USB serial support

Derek Loree drl at drloree.com
Tue Dec 9 13:46:01 UTC 2003


On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 12:45, Rich Shepard wrote:
>   I just purchased a USB->serial converter manufactured (or, at least sold)
> under the brand name "SIIG". No model number.
> 
>   According to the linux-usb.org USB-Guide, I need to "turn on USB Serial
> Converter support, and then select whichever of the various particular
> drivers you need. The Generic Serial Driver can be used with a wide range of
> converters, by specifying the vendor and product ID codes when you load the
> USB serial converter module: insmod usb-serial.o vendor=0xVVVV
> product-0xPPPP, where you need to change the VVVV and PPPP to match your
> device."
> 
>   Can someone suggest where I get the vendor and product codes for this
> puppy? Also, I do not have usb-serial.o on my new laptop; only usb-serial.h.
> However, I do have /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/ttySUB1.

What happens when you plug the device in?  Usually USB devices, even if
they have no drivers will still load their identifying codes (that is
how hotplug knows which drivers to load for the device).  Check syslog,
or console for the output.

HTH,

Derek Loree





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