Need to control loading of usb-storage

[Jean Francois Martinez]

Unfortunetely the usb-storage string appers nowhere in /etc or in 
the hal directories under /usr

On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 17:36 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Jean Francois Martinez wrote:
> > My problem is:  
> > 
> > I need to find a way to tell Linux not to load the usb-storage module
> > when a certain peripheral, whose signature I know, is inserted.  For
> > now the only way I have found is putting usb-storage in the blacklist
> > but this means module doesn't load when I plug my usb key or my external
> > hard drive so I look for something finer grained
> > 
> > Details
> > 
> > I own a cell phones who has USB connector and  can be accessed either as
> > an MTP device or as a mass storage one but the latter works if, and only
> > if, it has an additional memory card inserted (presently I have none).
> > The phone prompts for the mode at connect time but no matter what I
> > select the usb-storage loads itself, unsuccessfully tries to put the
> > phone in storage mode (normal behavior since the phone has no external
> > memory card) and after a minute or two, gives up, unloads itself and
> > removes the peripheral from the list of present USB devices.  In other
> > words even after the usb-storage module has unloaded I cannot use the
> > phone in mtp mode.
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > JFM
> > 
> Take a look at HAL - it can do fine control of what is mounted. (But
> don't ask me to write it for you - I am not that good yet.) I guess
> you could write a udev rule that prevents the SCSI devices needed by
> HAL to mount the drive. This rule would have to run before
> 40-redhat.rules.


The string usb-storage appears nowhere be it under /etc
or /usr/share/hal so I am still puzzled about how to control
the loading of the driver.