Re: Request for testers: Option 3G cards, also Sierra, ??Huawei and Novatel

I'm going to merge the driver as soon as it has received enough review. The 
driver already works on 7.

Feel free to merge back usbdevs from CURRENT to stable and add the ID to 
ubsa.c yourself.

Nick

> Hello Nick,
>
> You wrote:
>  > This is a Option GlobeTrotter Max HSUPA modem. I've added it.
>  > It should work out of the box.
>
> Thank you very much!
>
> Do you think you could merge the device ID to the ubsa(4)
> driver in 7-stable, too?  Said coworker is planning to
> track RELENG_7 on his notebook.
>
> Best regards
>    Oliver
>
>  > I've got 3 Option modems here and they are all identical in
>  > functionality bar speeds and whether or not they have a WLAN module.
>  >
>  > Please note that a completely rewritten driver is ready. Somehow data
>  > gets corrupted and this panis my machine. But only with Option cards.
>  > If you receive this mail, the E220 support works.
>  >
>  > Cheers,
>  >
>  > Nick
>  >
>  > > Nick Hibma wrote:
>  > > > Just now I have committed a driver for Option and Huawei cards
>  > > > previously supported by the ubsa driver. More information is in
>  > > > the commit message.
>  > > >
>  > > > I am looking for people who would be able to provide more
>  > > > information after testing with the 3G cards branded by:
>  > > >
>  > > > OEM:
>  > > >         Merlin
>  > > >         Huawei
>  > > >         Option
>  > > >         Sierra
>  > > >         Novatel
>  > > >         Qualcomm
>  > >
>  > > A coworker has an Option card (Vodafone-branded) which
>  > > isn't recognized. I only had a chance to look at it
>  > > briefly, so i don't have a lot of information, sadly.
>  > > The USB vendor ID is 0x0af0 ("Option"), the device ID
>  > > is 0x7001.
>  > >
>  > > Do you happen to know if this is compatible with the
>  > > other "Globetrotter G3" cards, so just adding the ID
>  > > would work?  Unfortunately I can't try this right now
>  > > myself, because it's not my machine ...
>  > >
>  > > Best regards
>  > >    Oliver
>  >
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