Zyxel NWD210N not accepted at boot time but after plugging it in again

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

On Monday 19 December 2011 11:42:02 PseudoCylon wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Erich Dollansky
> <erichfreebsdlist at ovitrap.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sunday 18 December 2011 12:32:46 PseudoCylon wrote:
> >> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Erich Dollansky
> >> <erichfreebsdlist at ovitrap.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > On Sunday 18 December 2011 06:45:18 PseudoCylon wrote:
> >> >> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 6:11 AM, Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt at freebsd.org> wrote:
> >> >> > On Saturday 17 December 2011 06:58:56 Erich Dollansky wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > run(4) tries to load the firmware on attach at which point the root
> >> >> > filesystem isn't yet mounted. Actually I think the prefered behaviour
> >> >> > is to load it during init, not sure this is possible for run(4)
> >> >> > though. Someone should check this. :)
> >> >> >
> >> >> mmm... It seems "someone" is me.
> >> >>
> >> >> At the quick look, the firmware could be loaded during the init. Give
> >> >> me a few days, I will try to change.
> >> >>
> >> > if you need more information, just ask me. Please do not wonder if you do not get them at the spot. I am in a very remote location where electricity is cut off during the day.
> >> >
> >> Actually, it was quite straight forward. The patch follows.
> >>
> >> Also, a tarball is attached which include patch to man.4/run.4 and new
> >> firmware. I don't know what has been changed, but I'd appreciate if
> >> you try new firmware out.
> >
> > after installing the patch and rebooting the machine, the interface came up as expected. I could not test the new firmware as I did not find the location where to store it.
> >
> Good to hear.
> 
> The original firmware is in /usr/src/sys/contrib/dev/run The easiest
> way is over write the firmware, cd to /usr/src/sys/modules/runfw,
> make, and install. The patched if_run will prints out firmware
> version. Old one is 0.17, new one is 0.236

oh, I did not look at the obvious place as it looks like. I just install a new kernel with this firmware.

I was off-line for some time for other technical reasons.

If you hear nothing from me anymore, it works as expected.

Erich