[elrepo] Trying to install Sierra "TRU-Install" patch for 3G air card

[Akemi Yagi]

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Jeff Phillips <jeffp at jeffszone.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Akemi Yagi <toracat at elrepo.org> wrote:

>> The first thing to do is to get the vendor:device ID pairings of your
>> hardware.  Please take a look at:
>>
>> http://elrepo.org/tiki/DeviceIDs
>>
>> and identify the IDs and see if they are listed under sierra.ko.

> The Sierra Wireless USB 598 is recognized as 1199:0025 which is listed
> under sierra.ko. I'm getting the impression that sierra.ko installed
> the drivers to use the modem, but the USB device itself is recognized
> as flash memory without this TRU-install patch the manufacturer
> provides:
>
> http://www.sierrawireless.com/resources/support/Software/Linux/patch-2-6-18-swoc-unusualdevs.zip
> http://sierrawireless.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/500
>
> I opened up the patch & looked at it. Looks pretty simple, but I don't
> know where to put it:
>
> +/* Reported by Kevin Lloyd <linux at sierrawireless.com>
> + * Entry is needed for the initializer function override,
> + * which instructs the device to load as a modem
> + * device.
> + */
> +UNUSUAL_DEV(  0x1199, 0x0fff, 0x0000, 0x9999,
> +               "Sierra Wireless",
> +               "USB MMC Storage",
> +               US_SC_DEVICE, US_PR_DEVICE, NULL,
> +               US_FL_IGNORE_DEVICE),

Let's wait for Alan Bartlett to chime in. He packaged the kmod-sierra
and should be able to help you with the patch.

Akemi