Hallo Stefan,
danke, dass Du Dich darum kuemmerst.
ok gerhard@
On Sun, 19 Jun 2016 15:03:13 +0200 Stefan Sperling <s...@stsp.name> wrote:
> Some information in the umb(4) man page seems to be outdated (IPV4 gateway
> handling), or doesn't really belong in a man page ("please hack the driver
> to add a device to a blacklist").
>
> Also try to shorten the page a bit and move information about troublesome
> devices to CAVEATS.
>
> Index: umb.4
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man4/umb.4,v
> retrieving revision 1.1
> diff -u -p -r1.1 umb.4
> --- umb.4 15 Jun 2016 19:39:34 -0000 1.1
> +++ umb.4 19 Jun 2016 12:58:24 -0000
> @@ -26,44 +26,27 @@
> The
> .Nm
> driver provides support for USB MBIM devices.
> -Those devices establish connections via celluar networks such as
> -GPRS, UMTS, and LTE.
> .Pp
> -The
> -.Nm
> -device appears as a regular point-to-point network interface,
> +MBIM devices establish connections via cellular networks such as
> +GPRS, UMTS, and LTE.
> +They appear as a regular point-to-point network interface,
> transporting raw IP frames.
> .Pp
> Required configuration parameters like PIN and APN have to be set
> -via
> +with
> .Xr ifconfig 8 .
> Once the SIM card has been unlocked with the correct PIN, it
> -will remain in this state until the device is power-cycled.
> +will remain in this state until the MBIM device is power-cycled.
> In case the device is connected to an "always-on" USB port,
> -it is possible to connect to a provider without entering the
> -PIN again even afer a reboot of the system.
> -.Pp
> -If a default gateway route is configured for the
> -.Nm
> -network interface, the driver will modify the destination IP address
> -dynamically, according to the information sent by the network provider.
> +it may be possible to connect to a provider without entering the
> +PIN again even if the system was rebooted.
> .Sh HARDWARE
> -The following devices are known to be supported by the
> -.Nm
> -driver:
> +The following devices should work:
> .Pp
> .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
> .It Tn Sierra Wireless EM8805
> .It Tn Sierra Wireless MC8305
> .El
> -.Pp
> -There are probably a lot more devices that also work flawlessly.
> -If some devices fail to provide a confirming MBIM implementation,
> -their vendor and product IDs should be added to the driver's blacklist
> -manually.
> -Since most devices offer multiple interfaces, blacklisted ones will
> -probably be attached by some other driver, such as
> -.Xr umsm 4 .
> .Sh SEE ALSO
> .Xr intro 4 ,
> .Xr netintro 4 ,
> @@ -78,4 +61,8 @@ probably be attached by some other drive
> .Sh CAVEATS
> The
> .Nm
> -driver currently does not support IPv6 addresses.
> +driver does not support IPv6.
> +.Pp
> +Devices which fail to provide a confirming MBIM implementation will
> +probably be attached by some other driver, such as
> +.Xr umsm 4 .
