Does order of independent kernel-module insertion at system startup matter?

[mohan.10]

Hi All,

This is the background for this question - I've got some problems with Huawei 3G card sometime back(in a specific version of kernel) as it was being detected as a usb storage device but not as a data card. I came across this thread while I was searching for the solution https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...20/+bug/105545 I remember solving it by following instruction given in this thread and changing the order of insertion of usb-storage and usb-serial modules in the start-up script as follows(assuming every insertion of a module is explicitly written in the start-up script)

insmod usbserial.ko 
insmod option.ko 
insmod usb-storage.ko

After doing the above, it got detected as a data card successfully. So does this order matter when these modules are independent?

Thanks in advance

[DBelton]

you probably just need the usb_modeswitch package installed.

Installed Packages
Name        : usb_modeswitch
Arch        : x86_64
Version     : 1.2.2
Release     : 2.fc17
Size        : 172 k
Repo        : installed
From repo   : anaconda-0
Summary     : USB Modeswitch gets mobile broadband cards in operational mode
URL         : http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/
License     : GPLv2+
Description : USB Modeswitch brings up your datacard into operational mode. When
            : plugged in they identify themselves as cdrom and present some
            : non-Linux compatible installation files. This tool deactivates
            : this cdrom-devices and enables the real communication device. It
            : supports most devices built and sold by Huawei, T-Mobile,
            : Vodafone, Option, ZTE, Novatel.