I just adapted a weird existing driver for Pirelli Chipset adopted by Digicom modem (approx. 75,00 euro), creating a new version v0.7.3 suitable for kernel 2.6.30.1.
Like most of the HUAWEI devices (like Vodafone one) you are going to face with an annoying behaviour that present the device as USb storage the first time you connect it.
You have to eject it in order to allow the system to detect it as modem ttyUSB0.
The most funny thing is that the producer didn’t care about any other linux version than Ubuntu 8.10 with kernel 2.6.27-8.
Of course embedded devices don’t have all the features you may have on a desktop distribution, moreover if you have a headless console based system.
I just adapted a weird existing driver for Pirelli Chipset adopted by Digicom modem (approx. 75,00 euro), creating a new version v0.7.3 suitable for kernel 2.6.30.1.
Like most of the HUAWEI devices (like Vodafone one) you are going to face with an annoying behaviour that present the device as USb storage the first time you connect it.
You have to eject it in order to allow the system to detect it as modem ttyUSB0.
The most funny thing is that the producer didn’t care about any other linux version than Ubuntu 8.10 with kernel 2.6.27-8.
Of course embedded devices don’t have all the features you may have on a desktop distribution, moreover if you have a headless console based system.
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb-storage: device found at 3
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input2
scsi 2:0:0:0: CD-ROM Pirelli CDROM 2.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
usb-storage: device scan complete
Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
sr0: scsi-1 drive
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 3
usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 4
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
USB Serial support registered for generic
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
option 2-2:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
usb 2-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
option 2-2:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
usb 2-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
option 2-2:1.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
usb 2-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2
usbcore: registered new interface driver option
option: v0.7.3:USB Driver for GSM modems Pirelli/Digicom (patched by KOAN <www.koansoftware.com>)
scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access Pirelli MMC Storage 1.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
USB Driver for GSM modems
Copyright (C) 2010 Marco Cavallini <m.cavallini AT koansoftware.com>
v0.7.3: added support for kernel 2.6.30 commented unexistent dtr_rts and replacing close parameters
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#define PIRELLI_VENDOR_ID 0x1266
#define PIRELLI_PRODUCT_C100_1 0x1002
#define PIRELLI_PRODUCT_C100_2 0x1003
#define PIRELLI_PRODUCT_1004 0x1004
#define PIRELLI_PRODUCT_1005 0x1005
#define PIRELLI_PRODUCT_1006 0x1006
#define PIRELLI_PRODUCT_1007 0x1007
#define PIRELLI_PRODUCT_1008 0x1008
#define PIRELLI_PRODUCT_1009 0x1009
#define PIRELLI_PRODUCT_100A 0x100a
#define PIRELLI_PRODUCT_100B 0x100b
#define PIRELLI_PRODUCT_100C 0x100c
#define PIRELLI_PRODUCT_100D 0x100d
#define PIRELLI_PRODUCT_100E 0x100e
#define PIRELLI_PRODUCT_100F 0x100f
#define PIRELLI_PRODUCT_1011 0x1011
#define PIRELLI_PRODUCT_1012 0x1012
# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 1266:1009 Pirelli Broadband Solutions
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 1241:1166 Belkin MI-2150 Trust Mouse
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
# ifconfig
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:91.80.21.170 P-t-P:10.64.64.64
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:84 (84.0 B) TX bytes:117 (117.0 B)
Update 7/JUN/2010 : yesterday ported the driver on my Laptop running Unbuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, using a Vodafone connection kernel 2.6.32-22-generic.