[CFT] Sierra Wireless HSPA+ USB modem

[PseudoCylon]

----- Original Message -----

> From: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky at c2i.net>
> To: freebsd-current at freebsd.org; PseudoCylon <moonlightakkiy at yahoo.ca>
> Cc: "freebsd-wireless at freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 12:50:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [CFT] Sierra Wireless HSPA+ USB modem
> 
> On Tuesday 28 June 2011 06:58:37 PseudoCylon wrote:
>>  Hello
>> 
>>  Here is a driver for Sierra Wireless HSPA+ USB modem. Please test it. My
>>  subscription will expire on June 29, 2011. (Yes, it sounds silly.) So, try
>>  it before too late.
>> 
>>  source tree https://gitorious.org/usie/usie/trees/master
>>  tarball https://gitorious.org/usie/usie/archive-tarball/master
>> 
>>  The driver should work on CURRENT and 8.2 RELEASE.
>>  Supports only Direct IP supported models with device ID of 0x68a3
>> 
>>  (Direct IP == the device has a port we can throw IP packets at, no need to
>>  use any serial port) A list of supported device names are posted on
>>  FreeBSD forum.
>>  http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?p=138758#post138758
>> 
>> 
>>  * How to use
>>  0) add a following to somewhere in /usr/src/sys/dev/usbdevs
>>  product AIRPRIME USB3080x68A3  USB308 HSPA+ USB Modem
>>  1) compile
>>  2) #kldload usie
>>  3) plugin the device (Make sure load the module first)
>>  4) wait while the modem is going though power up cycle
>>  5) #dhclient usie0
>>  6) surf
>> 
>>  * To disconnect
>>  #ifconfig usie0 down
>>  or
>>  #kldunload usie
>> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm going to review and import your driver.



Thank you.


BTW,
U3G_DEV(SIERRA, MC8700, 0) in u3g.c

and
USIE_DEV(SIERRA,MC8700) in usie.c

are referring the same device, and MC8700 should support direct IP.


AK