On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 08:50:05 +0200 Gerhard Roth <gerhard_r...@genua.de> wrote:
> Hallo Stefan,
>
> danke, dass Du Dich darum kuemmerst.
>
> ok gerhard@
Sorry for the German. This mail was intended to go to Stefan only and not
the mailing list. My mistake.
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 Some information in the umb(4) man page seems to be outdated (IPV4 gateway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 .
