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  1. Bug #886130
  2. Comment #35

Comment 35 for bug 886130

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Mark Deneen (mdeneen) wrote : Re: Verizon Wireless USB551L 4G Wireless Card detected as wired NIC

Josh,

This patch applies to kernel 2.6.39.x (I know, it's old)

diff -ru a/drivers/usb/serial/option.c b/drivers/usb/serial/option.c
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/option.c 2011-12-20 15:30:02.264373900 -0500
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/option.c 2011-12-20 15:54:19.546936762 -0500
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@
 /* OVATION PRODUCTS */
 #define NOVATELWIRELESS_PRODUCT_MC727 0x4100
 #define NOVATELWIRELESS_PRODUCT_MC950D 0x4400
+#define NOVATELWIRELESS_PRODUCT_MC551 0xB001
 /*
  * Note from Novatel Wireless:
  * All PID in the 5xxx range are currently reserved for
@@ -586,6 +587,7 @@
        { USB_DEVICE(NOVATELWIRELESS_VENDOR_ID, NOVATELWIRELESS_PRODUCT_G1) },
        { USB_DEVICE(NOVATELWIRELESS_VENDOR_ID, NOVATELWIRELESS_PRODUCT_G1_M) },
        { USB_DEVICE(NOVATELWIRELESS_VENDOR_ID, NOVATELWIRELESS_PRODUCT_G2) },
+ { USB_DEVICE_AND_INTERFACE_INFO(NOVATELWIRELESS_VENDOR_ID, NOVATELWIRELESS_PRODUCT_MC551, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff) },

        { USB_DEVICE(AMOI_VENDOR_ID, AMOI_PRODUCT_H01) },
        { USB_DEVICE(AMOI_VENDOR_ID, AMOI_PRODUCT_H01A) },

However, it's small enough that it can be applied manually to any recent kernel.