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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 23:36:40 UTC
The branch main has been updated by imp:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=58e1d01022415e29d3e08c4d3936b6631c27406c
commit 58e1d01022415e29d3e08c4d3936b6631c27406c
Author: Michael Paepcke <git@paepcke.de>
AuthorDate: 2023-02-10 19:43:09 +0000
Commit: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-02-10 23:28:34 +0000
cdce: add to cdce.4 information about NCM network mode
add a new section how to use NCM network mode and specify the required
kernel modules
Reviewed by: imp
Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/646
---
share/man/man4/cdce.4 | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/share/man/man4/cdce.4 b/share/man/man4/cdce.4
index b27d89bc1639..99d04bd12d07 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/cdce.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/cdce.4
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" $NetBSD: cdce.4,v 1.4 2004/12/08 18:35:56 peter Exp $
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd July 10, 2019
+.Dd February 10, 2023
.Dt CDCE 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ kernel configuration file:
.Cd "device cdce"
.Ed
.Pp
+Mobile Devices (eg. Huawei E3372, E5573 and others)
+may need additionally the u3g command port:
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
+.Cd "device ucom"
+.Cd "device u3g"
+.Ed
+.Pp
Alternatively, to load the driver as a
module at boot time, place the following line in
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
@@ -77,6 +84,13 @@ received and transmitted over separate USB bulk transfer endpoints.
The
.Nm
driver does not support different media types or options.
+.Pp
+Mobile
+.Nm
+Network Devices may need a connect command sequence via u3g
+serial command port before they activate the NCM/ECM/ACM network
+interface. Example: echo 'AT^NDISUP=1,1,"internet"' > /dev/cuaU[0].0,
+where "internet" is your providers apn name.
.Sh HARDWARE
The following devices are supported by the
.Nm
@@ -93,6 +107,8 @@ Terayon TJ-715 DOCSIS Cable Modem
Realtek RTL8156 USB GBE/2.5G Ethernet Family Controller
.It
Planex USB-LAN2500R
+.It
+Huawei 3G/4G LTE (eg. E3372, E5573) and other mobile network devices
.El
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
@@ -127,6 +143,8 @@ is running low on mbufs.
.Xr netintro 4 ,
.Xr urndis 4 ,
.Xr usb 4 ,
+.Xr ucom 4 ,
+.Xr u3g 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Rs
.%T "Universal Serial Bus Class Definitions for Communication Devices"