Bug#361695: kernel-wedge: serial-modules is missing USB serial modules

[Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>]

Joey Hess, le Sun 09 Apr 2006 16:24:17 -0400, a écrit :
> Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > The kernel-wedge script /usr/share/kernel-weedge/modules/serial-modules
> > is currently missing the chip-specific modules for USB serial devices.
> > Namely, 
> 
> The "access" floppy (root floppy for use with speakup kernel) is the
> only current user of serial-modules

This will change in very near future.

> What's the use case for non-generic USB serial modules in d-i?

Some USB-to-serial dongle can only work with chip-specific modules (and
these are fairly common in newest braille devices, which we should see
supported by usual d-i cdroms).

> Note that most of these are _very_ special purpose, for example,
> empeg is an in-car embedded computer. Why does d-i need to be able to
> drive its serial port? Or the serial port of a garmin gps?

Ah, yes, sorry, this list probably needs some cleaning up indeed :)
Here is a maybe more reasonnable list:

belkin_sa ?
whiteheat ?
digi_acceleport ?
cp2101 ?
ftdi_sio ?
ir-usb ?
mct_u232 ?
pl2303 ?
safe_serial ?

These looked really like generic usb to rs232 converters, so having them
in d-i is useful for installing debian over a serial port, for instance.

Regards,
Samuel