Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:55:04 -0700 From: James Earl <jamesd.earl@gmail.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding Sierra AirCard support from OpenBSD Message-ID: <c6bf255050227145549113682@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42222FB8.30808@nrw.ca> References: <c6bf25505022712063f44f83@mail.gmail.com> <42222FB8.30808@nrw.ca>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:38:16 -0500, Mike Goumans <mike@nrw.ca> wrote:
> James Earl wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm trying to port OpenBSD's support for the Sierra AirCard's over to
> >FreeBSD. I don't really know what I'm doing... but I just had to give
> >it a shot. I have three AirCard 555's at the moment.
> >
> >
> I fought and fought and fought with this.
>
> I was about to give up, and suddenly someone suggested something that
> worked.
>
> This are the pccard_cis_quirks entries I used
>
> static struct pccard_function pccard_a555_func0 = {
> 0, /* function number */
> PCCARD_FUNCTION_SERIAL,
> 0x23, /* last cfe number */
> 0x00, /* ccr_base */
> 0x73, /* ccr_mask */
> };
>
> struct pccard_config_entry pccard_a555_func0_cfe0 = {
> 0x20,
> PCCARD_CFE_IO8 | PCCARD_CFE_IRQLEVEL,
> PCCARD_IFTYPE_IO,
> 1, /* num_iospace */
> 3, /* iomask */
> { { 0x07, 0x3e8 } }, /* iospace */
> 0x3fbc, /* irqmask */
> 0, /* num_memspace */
> { }, /* memspace */
> 0, /* maxtwins */
> };
>
> and pccarddevs
>
> vendor SIERRAWIRELESS 0x0192 Sierra Wireless
>
> /* Sierra Wireless */
> product SIERRAWIRELESS A555 0xa555 Sierra Wireless AirCard 555
>
> It gets detected as an 8250, but it works ok, I think it just that it
> cant find the proper uart.
>
> It is SLOOOOOOW I get 3k/sec on a good day. Alot less on a bad day.
>
> I ended up junking it and replacing it with an external multi-tech
> modem. Its much faster, its sturdier and it works with incoming as well
> as outgoing calls.
>
> And it was cheaper than replacing the A555.
>
> Sierra wireless has no way of registering an incoming call via the
> serial interface, only the network interface with cns.
> The antenna and its jack also came off the card after spending a few
> hours in my trunk.
>
> Sorry for the messy way the information is , I dont have that card
> anymore so Im just going over it from the notes I had made.
Hi Mike,
Thank you! Changing the iomask and iospace did the trick.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?c6bf255050227145549113682>