Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:26:55 +0100 From: Per olof Ljungmark <peo@nethead.se> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iphone if_ipheth usb tethering not working anymore Message-ID: <c9637113-cf42-4974-9040-8fab9f16c092@nethead.se> In-Reply-To: <461190e5-dacb-4b60-adf5-5705c087e523@nethead.se> References: <461190e5-dacb-4b60-adf5-5705c087e523@nethead.se>
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On 2024-11-18 10:19, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: > Since sometime between I believe 14.0 and 14.1 connecting an iphone to a > in my case Thinkpads, if_cdce loads instead of if_ipheth making the > connection unusable. > > T470 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p6 > > Oct 10 17:33:43 T470s kernel: ugen0.2: <Apple Inc. iPhone> at usbus0 > Oct 10 17:33:43 T470s kernel: ipheth0 on uhub0 > Oct 10 17:33:43 T470s kernel: ipheth0: <AppleUSBEthernet> on usbus0 > Oct 10 17:33:43 T470s kernel: ue0: <USB Ethernet> on ipheth0 > Oct 10 17:33:43 T470s kernel: ue0: Ethernet address: 7a:e3:de:1f:a0:fd > Oct 10 17:33:46 T470s usbmuxd[2460]: [3] Connecting to new device on > location 0x2 as ID 2 > Oct 10 17:33:46 T470s usbmuxd[2460]: [3] Connected to v2.0 device 2 on > location 0x2 with serial number 00008030-000C55A60AD8402E > > T490 that *used* to work as above with 13-xxx > Now, since about 13.4 and 14.1, it does not work > > Oct 11 18:20:28 T490-po usbmuxd[18208]: [2] Skipping switch device 0-5 > mode from 3 to 3 > Oct 11 18:20:28 T490-po kernel: cdce0 on uhub1 > Oct 11 18:20:28 T490-po kernel: cdce0: <Apple Inc. iPhone, class 0/0, > rev 2.00/12.08, addr 17> on usbus0 > Oct 11 18:20:28 T490-po kernel: ue0: <USB Ethernet> on cdce0 > Oct 11 18:20:28 T490-po kernel: ue0: Ethernet address: 7a:e3:de:1f:a0:02 > Oct 11 18:20:28 T490-po kernel: cdce1 on uhub1 > Oct 11 18:20:28 T490-po kernel: cdce1: <Apple Inc. iPhone, class 0/0, > rev 2.00/12.08, addr 17> on usbus0 > Oct 11 18:20:28 T490-po kernel: ue1: <USB Ethernet> on cdce1 > Oct 11 18:20:28 T490-po kernel: ue1: Ethernet address: 96:52:43:e3:30:42 > Oct 11 18:20:28 T490-po kernel: ue0: link state changed to UP > > The fact that ue0 is up is of no help since Apple devices need if_ipheth. > > Trying to unload if_cdce does not help, it is immediately loaded as soon > as the phone is connected. > > So, what part of the system thinks if_cdce shoud be used with Apple > devices? > Should I file a bug report? > Got an advice to add 'devmatch_blocklist="if_cdce"' to rc.conf and that took me a step further, if_ipheth correctly idenfies the phone and ue0 is added. Now the phone asks if the computer is trusted, I confirm and start usbmuxd following the if_ipheth manpage (it used to start automagically in 14.0) and a service netif restart ue0 After this dhclient runs but ue0 seems down and does not receive an ip address/defaultrouter etc.
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