usbserial issues with vendor parameter

dasoberdick · 12-20-2007, 07:14 PM

I am trying to get my Atmel AT91SAM7S-EK development board working. For this I need the usbserial module. On my other computer, all I had to do was type:

modprobe usbserial vendor=0x03EB product=0x6124

and everything worked fine. On my desktop machine I get the following message:

FATAL: Error inserting usbserial (/lib/modules/2.6.23.8/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/usbserial.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

When I go to dmesg I see:

usbserial: Unknown parameter `Vendor'

My kernel is 2.6.23.8 and my distro is Slackware 12. Can someone please help me?

Nille_kungen · 12-20-2007, 10:33 PM

Is CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC=y set in your kernel?

dasoberdick · 12-20-2007, 10:41 PM

it was not but i enabled it. I changed several things though and then it worked. I wasn't sure what i changed to make it work. Would that be it?

Nille_kungen · 12-21-2007, 02:17 AM

It's usually that option.
Good to hear that you solved it.

twgbonehead · 08-28-2008, 10:56 AM

Thanks, Nille_kungen, your answer helped me as well.

mahes173 · 08-29-2008, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nille_kungen

Is CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC=y set in your kernel?

Could someone tell me how to set this in the kernel? I am having the same problem with a Prolific USB serial converter

searchingfortao · 05-25-2011, 10:29 AM

I know that this is an old thread, but there's no sense in leaving a question unanswered

You've got two options: set it manually by editing `.config` and setting it to =y, or use menuconfig:

Option 1

Code:

vim /usr/src/linux/.config

Option 2

Code:

cd /usr/src/linux/
make menuconfig
Navigate to Device Drivers > USB Support > USB Serial Support > Generic USB Serial support

Enable it.