A patch to add out-of-the-box support for this modem has been included upstream in kernel 2.6.34-rc7. From the changelog:
commit fe30bc1b16dcfbbadf3f77bbad1c9014b23704cd Author: Mahesh Kuruganti Date: Mon Apr 12 22:37:02 2010 +0530
USB: serial: option: ZTEAC8710 Support with Device ID 0xffff
PATCH TO EXTEND SUPPORT TO AC8710 WITH 0xFFFF Product ID.
Signed-off-by: Mahesh Kuruganti Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman
A PPA of this kernel is available at http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
A patch to add out-of-the-box support for this modem has been included upstream in kernel 2.6.34-rc7. From the changelog:
commit fe30bc1b16dcfbb adf3f77bbad1c90 14b23704cd
Author: Mahesh Kuruganti
Date: Mon Apr 12 22:37:02 2010 +0530
USB: serial: option: ZTEAC8710 Support with Device ID 0xffff
PATCH TO EXTEND SUPPORT TO AC8710 WITH 0xFFFF Product ID.
Signed-off-by: Mahesh Kuruganti
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman
A PPA of this kernel is available at http:// kernel. ubuntu. com/~kernel- ppa/mainline/