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26 .Nd USB support for 3G datacards
28 To compile this driver into the kernel,
29 place the following lines in your
30 kernel configuration file:
31 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
36 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
37 module at boot time, place the following line in
39 .Bd -literal -offset indent
45 driver provides support for the multiple USB-to-serial interfaces exposed by
46 many 3G USB/PCCard modems.
48 The device is accessed through the
50 driver which makes it behave like a
55 driver supports the following adapters:
59 Option GT 3G Fusion, GT Fusion Quad, etc. (only 3G part, not WLAN)
61 Option GT 3G, GT 3G Quad, etc.
63 Vodafone Mobile Connect Card 3G
65 Qualcomm Inc. CDMA MSM
67 Huawei B190, E220 ('<Huawei Mobile>')
69 Novatal U740, MC950D, X950D, etc.
71 Sierra MC875U, MC8775U, etc.
76 for the complete list of supported cards for each vendor
79 The supported 3G cards provide the necessary modem port for ppp, pppd, or mpd
80 connections as well as extra ports (depending on the specific device) to
81 provide other functions (additional command port, diagnostic port, SIM toolkit
84 In some of these devices a mass storage device supported by the
86 driver is present which contains Windows and Mac OS X drivers.
87 The device starts up in disk mode (TruInstall, ZeroCD, etc.) and requires
88 additional commands to switch it to modem mode.
92 device will attach temporarily to a 3G device with a mass storage device and
93 force it to switch to modem mode,
94 The attach and detach of
96 and any driver disk device present on the 3G device is is hidden, unless the
97 machine was booted in verbose mode (see
99 To temporarily unhide the device, set
100 .Va debug.bootverbose
103 and replug the device.
115 driver, and written by
116 .An Andrea Guzzo Aq aguzzo@anywi.com
121 driver was written by
122 .An Andrea Guzzo Aq aguzzo@anywi.com
124 .An Nick Hibma Aq n_hibma@freebsd.org .
125 Hardware for testing was provided by AnyWi Technologies, Leiden, NL.