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| author | Jonathan Ben Avraham <yba@tkos.co.il> | 2014-08-21 14:42:59 +0300 |
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| committer | Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> | 2014-08-21 15:29:02 +0200 |
| commit | e1d7f2dc8f8ce470f60421538aa7bbfa9ba6b45c (patch) | |
| tree | 121e6e2ed75bde589ba35c294783466f0dff2e7b /package/usb_modeswitch | |
| parent | b840bc6345d417c628fabf2761e9c2988f10526d (diff) | |
usb_modeswitch: more descriptive help text
Provides a fuller description of the USB_ModeSwitch functionality for
the benefit of the otherwise clueless.
[Thomas: minor formatting and wording fixes.]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Ben-Avraham <yba@tkos.co.il>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'package/usb_modeswitch')
| -rw-r--r-- | package/usb_modeswitch/Config.in | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/package/usb_modeswitch/Config.in b/package/usb_modeswitch/Config.in index 5d8a6d2ab..e4c716813 100644 --- a/package/usb_modeswitch/Config.in +++ b/package/usb_modeswitch/Config.in @@ -3,8 +3,19 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_USB_MODESWITCH depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libusb select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUSB help - USB mode switcher. - Used to switch mode on multiple-function devices + Some models of some USB devices such as modems and Wifi + adapters power-up in mass storage mode to provide access to + drivers for the device's application mode. usb_modeswitch + changes the mode of such devices from the initial power-up + mode to the application mode. Specific configuration data + for each device model is required. + + usb_modeswitch can be used with the usb_modeswitch_data + package and udev for automatic mode switching when devices + are connected. + + For more information search the Internet for "Virtual CD-ROM + switching utility". http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ |