WiFi USB dongle that start ad CDROM with windows driver
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Description
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 switch to the well known VID_0E8D&PID_7612 detected as a Mediatek adapter and working ok.
Unfortunately it seems not possible, or at least I do not know how make it to swith to "WiFi mode" in linux. Is it possible to do so?
Bye
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No source file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reproducing the USB device's initial VID_0E8D/PID_2870 CD-ROM state on Linux and inspect existing MT7612U support and USB mode handling; done means identifying or implementing a reliable switch to VID_0E8D/PID_7612 and verifying that the adapter is detected.
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- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 4/5
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- 3-5 days
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