From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 5 16:06:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24F4710657A6 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 16:06:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nick@van-laarhoven.org) Received: from hpsmtp-eml14.kpnxchange.com (hpsmtp-eml14.KPNXCHANGE.COM [213.75.38.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A60298FC1A for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 16:06:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nick@van-laarhoven.org) Received: from cpsmtpi-eml05.kpnxchange.com ([213.75.38.135]) by hpsmtp-eml14.kpnxchange.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 5 Nov 2008 17:06:13 +0100 Received: from uitsmijter.van-laarhoven.org ([81.207.207.222]) by cpsmtpi-eml05.kpnxchange.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 5 Nov 2008 17:06:13 +0100 Received: (qmail 42702 invoked by uid 98); 5 Nov 2008 16:06:23 -0000 Received: from 10.251.2.191 (nick@10.251.2.191) by uitsmijter.van-laarhoven.org (envelope-from , uid 82) with qmail-scanner-2.01 (clamdscan: 0.92/5270. f-prot: 4.6.7/3.16.15. spamassassin: 3.2.3. Clear:RC:0(10.251.2.191):SA:0(-1.4/5.0):. Processed in 7.307301 secs); 05 Nov 2008 16:06:23 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 X-Spam-Level: Received: from unknown (HELO van-laarhoven.org) (nick@10.251.2.191) by uitsmijter.van-laarhoven.org with SMTP; 5 Nov 2008 16:06:15 -0000 Received: (nullmailer pid 45122 invoked by uid 1001); Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:06:00 -0000 From: Nick Hibma To: Mike Tancsa Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 17:06:00 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200810092344.10388.nick@van-laarhoven.org> <200811051548.mA5Fmsot040177@lava.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <200811051548.mA5Fmsot040177@lava.sentex.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200811051706.00850.nick@van-laarhoven.org> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Nov 2008 16:06:13.0981 (UTC) FILETIME=[6D4AF8D0:01C93F60] Cc: FreeBSD CURRENT Mailing List , FreeBSD Hardware Mailing list Subject: Re: Request for testers: Option 3G cards, also Sierra, Huawei and Novatel X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:06:16 -0000 > At 04:44 PM 10/9/2008, Nick Hibma wrote: > >Just now I have committed a driver for Option and Huawei cards > > previously supported by the ubsa driver. More information is in the > > commit message. > > > >I am looking for people who would be able to provide more information > > after testing with the 3G cards branded by: > > Hi, > I gave it a try on the Sierra USB card and it seems to work > really well on RELENG_7! There is however also a mini-pci express > version of the Sierra card, the MC8775. Do you have plans to add > support for it ? I am not sure how the unit is even supposed to show > up as I dont see it in the dmesg, but I do see that it shows some > sort of umass device > > # usbdevs > addr 1: OHCI root hub, AMD > addr 2: USB MMC Storage, Sierra Wireless > addr 1: EHCI root hub, AMD If you could run usbdevs -v and then jot down the IDs you can add those to the top of u3g.c. You'll have to add a quirk like for other sierra devices that show up as mass storage and need to be kicked into modem mode. It pretends to be a mass storage device (with drivers on it) and after installation switches to modem mode. Or that's my guess. Nick > dmesg snippet > ... > isa_probe_children: probing PnP devices > umass0: addr 2> on uhub0 > umass0:0:0:-1: Attached to scbus0 > Device configuration finished. > procfs registered > Timecounter "TSC" frequency 498053687 Hz quality 800 > Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec > crypto: > vlan: initialized, using hash tables with chaining > IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing. > pflog0: bpf attached > lo0: bpf attached > ata0-master: pio=PIO4 wdma=WDMA2 udma=UNSUPPORTED cable=40 wire > ad0: setting PIO4 on CS5536 chip > ad0: 1953MB at ata0-master PIO4 > ad0: 4001760 sectors [3970C/16H/63S] 4 sectors/interrupt 1 depth queue > GEOM: new disk ad0 > pass0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > pass0: Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device > pass0: 1.000MB/s transfers > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a > start_init: trying /sbin/init > bridge0: bpf attached > bridge0: Ethernet address: 3a:72:35:a3:25:ce > tun0: bpf attached > > Not sure why it shows up as a passthrough device ? > > ---Mike