modem support MT9234ZPX-PCIE-NV

Wed May 25 14:05:01 UTC 2011

Hello Jeremy and FreeBSD friends,

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 12:16:42AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 11:20:37AM +0200, Willy Offermans wrote:
> > Dear FreeBSD friends,
> > 
> > I need support with a MultiTech modem, MT9234ZPX-PCIE-NV
> > (http://www.multitech.com/en_US/PRODUCTS/Families/MultiModemZPX/)
> > 
> > The modem is recognised during the boot event:
> > 
> > <snip>
> > pci6: <simple comms, UART> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
> > </snip>
> > 
> > and also appears in the list of found hardware over the PCI bus:
> > 
> > <snip>
> > none1 at pci0:6:0:0:       class=0x070002 card=0x20262205 chip=0x015213a8 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
> >     vendor     = 'Exar Corp.'
> >     device     = 'XR17C/D152 Dual PCI UART'
> >     class      = simple comms
> >     subclass   = UART
> > </snip>
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> -- 
> | Jeremy Chadwick                                   jdc at parodius.com |
> | Parodius Networking                       http://www.parodius.com/ |
> | UNIX Systems Administrator                  Mountain View, CA, USA |
> | Making life hard for others since 1977.               PGP 4BD6C0CB |
> 

I'm using FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p2. I have enclosed the dmesg.boot file.

puc was already incorporated into the kernel:

kosmos# kldload -v puc
kldload: can't load puc: File exists

So I assume puc has already been loaded.

-- 
Met vriendelijke groeten,
With kind regards,
Mit freundlichen Gruessen,
De jrus wah,

Willy

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