From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02CA9C64E7B for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2020 15:14:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B65620719 for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2020 15:14:33 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b="IzefBwU9" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726826AbgK3POd (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Nov 2020 10:14:33 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([216.205.24.124]:41977 "EHLO us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725899AbgK3POc (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Nov 2020 10:14:32 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1606749186; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=nSgsALnn89SoeLg5KHbRiN2TxKnPTyQgE8nZh0h1p1Q=; b=IzefBwU90xjL52REmVBvm+P8vSs28xKuZ2V8JfOfYTvrFs2LEougJz1M72W/6fYQki7sq8 19SeV64JNNNjeGFmX96QGyjxYt9x180Mh8I5L0jQdVvvlaUPeESfrFbzGTmhJ/iw9fDN73 2OGPehYYLmGv9PVMO+RvvOavkN8V6/E= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-115-LCuDNikEN1mVE1EB6-20xw-1; Mon, 30 Nov 2020 10:13:03 -0500 X-MC-Unique: LCuDNikEN1mVE1EB6-20xw-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 949CA8799E0; Mon, 30 Nov 2020 15:13:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [10.10.110.39]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0225960C62; Mon, 30 Nov 2020 15:13:01 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Subject: Re: MT7612U WiFi USB dongle that start ad CDROM (contain Windows driver) From: Dan Williams To: Menion , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 09:13:01 -0600 In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" User-Agent: Evolution 3.36.5 (3.36.5-1.fc32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.12 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2020-11-30 at 13:57 +0100, Menion wrote: > Hi all > > I have just received a chinese USB dongle based on Mediatek MT7612U > that is quite particular... > > When plugged in it starts with VID_0E8D&PID_2870 showing itself as a > SCSI CDROM, which can be mounted and contains the windows driver. In > windows, once you install such driver, it switches to the well known > VID_0E8D&PID_7612 detected as a Mediatek adapter and working ok. > > In Linux of course it remains stuck at the "CDROM mode". > > Is it something known at mt76 development and that can be managed? This is usually handled by the usb_modeswitch utility. Do you have it installed? If you do, you may need to add the USB IDs to it. Dan