Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 20:25:43 +0200 From: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> To: David Horwitt <david@aogsquid.ucsd.edu>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding RTL8153 support to rue(4) USB to Ethernet driver Message-ID: <3622755d-b0cd-60bf-0f81-469d06e65595@selasky.org> In-Reply-To: <5807B630.1060806@aogsquid.ucsd.edu> References: <5807B630.1060806@aogsquid.ucsd.edu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 10/19/16 20:06, David Horwitt wrote: > Reviving a thread from June,2015... > > My brand-spanking new XPS 13 has a dongle for the Thunderbolt port that > implements a RTL8153, which > is recognized by my system (FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p1 #8: Tue Oct 18 > 22:57:49 PDT 2016): > Oct 19 07:11:01 TWE6 kernel: ugen1.3: <BILLBOARD CLASS> at usbus1 > Oct 19 07:11:02 TWE6 kernel: ugen1.4: <GenesysLogic2> at usbus1 > Oct 19 07:11:02 TWE6 kernel: uhub3: <GenesysLogic2> on usbus1 > Oct 19 07:11:02 TWE6 kernel: uhub3: 4 ports with 3 removable, self powered > Oct 19 07:11:03 TWE6 kernel: ugen1.5: <Realtek> at usbus1 > Oct 19 07:11:03 TWE6 kernel: cdce0: <CDC Communications Control> on usbus1 > Oct 19 07:11:03 TWE6 kernel: ue0: <USB Ethernet> on cdce0 > Oct 19 07:11:03 TWE6 kernel: ue0: Ethernet address: 00:24:9b:1d:90:e5 > NB: the MAC address matches that inscribed on the dongle. > > usbconfig info: > ugen1.5: <USB 101001000 LAN Realtek> at usbus1, cfg=1 md=HOST spd=SUPER > (5.0Gbps) pwr=ON (64mA) > NB: cfg=1 which should be correct for if_cdce and RTL8153. This was > verified by > 'usbconfig -d 1.5 dump_curr_config_desc" (complete configs dumped below). > > I manually set the IP address: > ue0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:24:9b:1d:90:e5 > inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > > The problem is, "it doesn't work'. > > Using wireshark on a ping target machine, I can see that the XPS outputs > packets (which look correct), but it > doesn't seem to be receiving the replies. When I set 'sysctl -a > hw.usb.cdce.debug=1' I get a constant (~ 5Hz) stream > of "cdce_intr_read_callback: Received 24 bytes" whether there is network > traffic or not; when I ping the XPS > this message doesn't change. > Hi, Search the idVendor and idProduct values in the Linux kernel. I think you need to implement some propritary miibus to get it working. CDC ethernet does not define any miibus. --HPS
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3622755d-b0cd-60bf-0f81-469d06e65595>