I left this for a bit because of a lack of replies, but I still can't get it to work. I do understand correctly that hotplug is supposed to bring up the usbd0 interface, right? Neither dmesg nor /var/log/messages show anything, good or bad when I plug & unplug usb cable, but windoze shows the unplug icon in the system tray, so something must be happening somewhere.
(said in a fly-like voice) help me, help me, ...