From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 25 14:10:55 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A82791065672; Wed, 25 May 2011 14:10:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from willy@Offermans.Rompen.nl) Received: from cpsmtpb-ews01.kpnxchange.com (cpsmtpb-ews01.kpnxchange.com [213.75.39.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27CEE8FC16; Wed, 25 May 2011 14:10:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpbrm-ews07.kpnxchange.com ([10.94.84.138]) by cpsmtpb-ews01.kpnxchange.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Wed, 25 May 2011 16:10:53 +0200 Received: from CPSMTPM-CMT105.kpnxchange.com ([195.121.3.21]) by cpbrm-ews07.kpnxchange.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Wed, 25 May 2011 16:10:53 +0200 Received: from koko.offrom.nl ([77.170.60.162]) by CPSMTPM-CMT105.kpnxchange.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.0.6002.18264); Wed, 25 May 2011 16:10:52 +0200 Received: from squid.home.itmc.RWTH-Aachen.DE (squid.vpn.offrom.nl [10.168.0.72]) by koko.offrom.nl (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p4PEAlnK011199; Wed, 25 May 2011 16:10:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from willy@vpn.offrom.nl) Received: from willy by squid.home.itmc.RWTH-Aachen.DE with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QPEnP-0001NP-Cb; Wed, 25 May 2011 16:10:47 +0200 Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 16:10:47 +0200 From: Willy Offermans To: "Daniel O'Connor" Message-ID: <20110525141047.GE3842@vpn.offrom.nl> References: <20110521092037.GB3271@vpn.offrom.nl> <20110522071642.GA61515@icarus.home.lan> <986DD7FA-E426-4261-8DB0-6F9063CE9BF6@gsoft.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <986DD7FA-E426-4261-8DB0-6F9063CE9BF6@gsoft.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 May 2011 14:10:52.0736 (UTC) FILETIME=[8E7E0C00:01CC1AE5] X-RcptDomain: freebsd.org Cc: Willy Offermans , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Jeremy Chadwick , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: modem support MT9234ZPX-PCIE-NV X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Willy@Offermans.Rompen.nl List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 14:10:55 -0000 Dear Daniel and FreeBSD friends, On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 10:48:03AM +0200, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On 22/05/2011, at 9:16, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > >> However, as the boot process already mentions, there is no driver attached > >> and I cannot get the modem to appear as an accessible and functional > >> device. Is there someone, who can help me to get this modem to work? > > > > It would be helpful if you could specify what FreeBSD version you're > > using. > > > > Assuming 8.2 or RELENG_8: no promises, but puc(4) is probably what > > you're looking for. I would try adding: > > > > puc_load="yes" > > > > To your /boot/loader.conf, then see what happens after booting. uart(4) > > may auto-attach to that. Again, no promises. > > I have my doubts it would work though, most likely it's a soft modem which will only work with proprietary drivers. > > I couldn't find any details on the web page though so you might get lucky I suppose :) > > -- > Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer > for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au > "The nice thing about standards is that there > are so many of them to choose from." > -- Andrew Tanenbaum > GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C > > > > > > According to the manufacturer (http://www.multitech.com/en_US/PRODUCTS/Families/MultiModemZPX/) it is not a soft modem, but a ``hardware'' modem. It says: Built-in processor does the work, so your computer doesn't have to. I do not know if this is sufficient to work under FreeBSD, but it seems to indicate that it does not need any proprietary driver. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, With kind regards, Mit freundlichen Gruessen, Willy ************************************* W.K. Offermans Home: +31 45 544 49 44 Mobile: +31 681 15 87 68 e-mail: Willy@Offermans.Rompen.nl