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Date:      Fri, 1 Dec 2000 14:01:00 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        Mark Huizer <freebsd@dohd.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: USB modem?
Message-ID:  <14888.892.485587.954774@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <20001201183351.A23979@dohd.cx>
References:  <20001130142814.A10623@dohd.cx> <14886.44773.764959.490276@guru.mired.org> <20001201183351.A23979@dohd.cx>

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Mark Huizer <freebsd@dohd.org> types:
> > > I have a USB modem here, (Siemens), that I would like to get to work
> > > under FreeBSD, but I can't even find the right tools to get vendor and
> > > product ID's to add to usbdevs :-(
> > Try looking in dmesg - USB device that don't have known product and
> > vendor ID's have theirs printed. Failing that, check the usbdevs(8)
> > man page.
> > 
> > The serious catch about USB modems is that they have to support the
> > USB CDC spec. Not all of them do. If it does, the serial device will
> > be umodem0 (1, 2, 3, ...), and you use it just like a tty line tied to
> > an external modem.
> > 
> Is it a case of being in the usbdevs list _and_ supporting those specs?
> Or just following the specs?

I believe that being listed in usbdevs isn't a requirement, but I'm
not positive. I also haven't had any look getting the thing to work
dynamically loading the various modules involved.

	<mike
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