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- ===== usb-modeswitch-data =====
-
- === Overriding entries from the database tarball ===
-
- From its 1.1.7 version, usb-modeswitch searches for device switching data in
- the usb-modeswitch-data database tarball [0]. This heavily reduces the
- database disk space, but makes configuration investigation harder. To solve
- this issue, usb-modeswitch is shipped with a patch that allows administrators
- to override the database entries from the tarball [0] with files under /etc.
-
- [0] /usr/share/usb_modeswitch/configPack.tar.gz
-
- = Example =
-
- Let's assume one has a 3G dongle "05c6:1000 Qualcomm", which matching database
- entry [1] is 05c6:1000:uMa=Option , but isn't correctly switched. Hacking this
- database entry can be done as following:
-
- # cd /etc/usb_modeswitch.d
- # tar xzf /usr/share/usb_modeswitch/configPack.tar.gz 05c6:1000:uMa=Option
-
- Now the /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/05c6\:1000\:uMa=Option file will get used by
- usb_modeswitch_dispatcher when the "05c6:1000 Qualcomm" device gets plugged
- in.
-
- When a correct database entry is found, please report it on the upstream
- forum:
-
- http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/bb/
-
- [1] One can find exactly which database entry is matching a given device gets
- matched with by activating logs (/etc/usb_modeswitch.conf) and reading
- them from /var/log/usb_modeswitch*.
-