linux-kernel - RE: v3.8 regression: Huawei mode switching fails (was Re: [PATCH 2/2]linux-usb:optimize to match the Huawei USB storage devices and support new switch command)

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Date:	Tue, 5 Mar 2013 09:05:06 +0000
From:	"Fangxiaozhi (Franko)" <fangxiaozhi@...wei.com>
To:	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>
CC:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>,
	"linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Xueguiying (Zihan)" <zihan.xue@...wei.com>,
	"Linlei (Lei Lin)" <lei.lin@...wei.com>,
	"greg@...ah.com" <greg@...ah.com>,
	"Yili (Neil)" <neil.yi@...wei.com>,
	"Wangyuhua (Roger, Credit)" <wangyuhua@...wei.com>,
	"Huqiao (C)" <huqiao36@...wei.com>, "balbi@...com" <balbi@...com>,
	"mdharm-usb@...-eyed-alien.net" <mdharm-usb@...-eyed-alien.net>,
	"sebastian@...akpoint.cc" <sebastian@...akpoint.cc>
Subject: RE: v3.8 regression: Huawei mode switching fails (was Re: [PATCH
 2/2]linux-usb:optimize to match the Huawei USB storage devices and support
 new switch command)

Dear Oliver:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oliver Neukum [mailto:oneukum@...e.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 4:49 PM
> To: Fangxiaozhi (Franko)
> Cc: Bjørn Mork; linux-usb@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> Xueguiying (Zihan); Linlei (Lei Lin); greg@...ah.com; Yili (Neil); Wangyuhua
> (Roger, Credit); Huqiao (C); balbi@...com; mdharm-usb@...-eyed-alien.net;
> sebastian@...akpoint.cc
> Subject: Re: v3.8 regression: Huawei mode switching fails (was Re: [PATCH
> 2/2]linux-usb:optimize to match the Huawei USB storage devices and support
> new switch command)
> 
> On Tuesday 05 March 2013 02:28:07 Fangxiaozhi wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > 	1. As far as I know, usb_modeswitch is now only integrated in the PC Linux.
> It isn't integrated to other system with linux kernel, such as Android, Chrome
> OS, etc. On these system, how can we switch the device?
> 
> Then those systems will have to add modeswitch.
> If we are to do mode switching in kernel space, there has to be an additional
> technical benefit over the existing and well working solution in user space.
-----The vendor doesn't want to add the modeswitch on their system. We try to push them to do it, but they don't agree.
> 
> > 	2. usb_modeswitch often sends the Windows switching command to
> switch Huawei device, but not sends Linux switching command. This maybe
> causes some unexpected problem.
> 
> You have two commands? What is the difference? Anyway, if usb_modeswitch
> has issues, these problems need to be fixed.
------Sorry, it is one command, but with different values in it for different system, such as:
	1. For Windows:
	{0x11, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00,
-			0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
	2. For Mac OS: 
	{0x11, 0x06, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00,
-			0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
	3. For Linux:
	{0x11, 0x06, 0x20, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00,
-			0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};

	Sometimes, modeswitch will send the command for Windows  to device on Linux system, but not the command for Linux. 
> 
> Independent from that, there is a problem with user space mode switching.
> Namely it doesn't work with reset_resume(). Thus we cannot do sane S4 with
> the user space solution.
> However, the problem cannot be solved by merely by adding the switch to the
> storage driver.
-----For this issue, can you offer more details? And we can try to solve it together.
> 
> 	Regards
> 		Oliver

Best Regards,
Franko Fang