Re: Clarification regarding USB Data Card (Dongle) enumeration in Linux udev
Greg KH <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.hotplug.devel |
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On Sun, May 04, 2014 at 02:52:23PM +0530, Suresh Kumar N. wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to udev and device enumeration. > > I am interested to know how USB Data Card would get enumerated. > > Based on my understanding Data Card can get enumerated below 2 possible ways - > 1. As a modem > 2. As a Network Interface Card (NIC) > > Is there a Standard defining the way a Data Card should be enumerated? What do you mean by "data card"? As for how the device is enumerated, that depends on the device itself, and how it tells the operating system it should be talked to through its configuration descriptors. See the USB spec for more details about this. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html