Verizon Broadband modem
Edward Shabotinsky
evs at telod.net
Fri Jul 20 03:30:51 UTC 2007
See if this can help you for start
good luck
Begin forwarded message:
> From: John Nielsen <lists at jnielsen.net>
> Date: February 4, 2007 10:40:13 PM CST
> To: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
> Cc: evs at telod.net
> Subject: Verizon V620 wireless card
>
> I just want to report that I got this card working on my laptop
> running
> 6-STABLE. (This should be a reply to this message but I couldn't
> find it
> locally):
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2006-December/
> 009404.html
>
> Unlike the OP, the usb hub was recognized on my machine and gave me
> a ugen0
> device associated with the CDMA modem. So all I had to do was get
> the modem
> to attach to ucom or similar.
>
> After a couple false starts I got a cue from this message:
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2005-June/
> 012512.html
>
> The attached patch lets the card attach as a ubsa device. I'm also
> attaching
> the ppp.conf file I hacked up (it's been a while since I've made
> any ppp
> chat scripts so I'm sure it could be done more elegantly).
>
> Here are the relevant bits of dmesg with the card inserted:
>
> cbb0: <TI1520 PCI-CardBus Bridge> at device 11.0 on pci0
> cardbus0: <CardBus bus> on cbb0
> pccard0: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb0
> cbb1: <TI1520 PCI-CardBus Bridge> at device 11.1 on pci0
> cardbus1: <CardBus bus> on cbb1
> pccard1: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb1
> ...
> cardbus0: CIS pointer is 0!
> cardbus0: Resource not specified in CIS: id=10, size=1000
> ohci3: <NEC uPD 9210 USB controller> mem 0x88001000-0x88001fff irq
> 9 at
> device 0.1 on cardbus0
> ohci3: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> usb4: OHCI version 1.0
> usb4: <NEC uPD 9210 USB controller> on ohci3
> usb4: USB revision 1.0
> uhub4: NEC OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> uhub4: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> ucom0: Novatel Wireless Inc. Novatel Wireless Merlin CDMA, rev
> 1.10/0.00,
> addr 2
> ucom0: ubsa_request: STALLED
> ucom0: ubsa_request: STALLED
> ...
> (lots more STALLED messages)
>
> Despite the error messages it connects and works just fine, with
> performance
> similar to what I see in Windows (which isn't great in this area).
>
> evs: Did you take ohci out of your kernel by any chance?
>
> I'm open to feedback on what the STALLED messages might mean and
> how to get
> rid of them.
>
> JNBegin forwarded message:
> From: Greg Troxel <gdt at ir.bbn.com>
> Date: February 5, 2007 8:44:58 AM CST
> To: John Nielsen <lists at jnielsen.net>
> Cc: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org, evs at telod.net
> Subject: Re: Verizon V620 wireless card
>
> I added the vendor ids to NetBSD's usbdevs and ugensa(4). (ugensa is
> similar to (and I think the ancestor of) FreeBSD's ubsa.)
>
> Can you explain the UQ_ASSUME_CM_OVER_DATA quirk? I couldn't find it
> showing up in ubsa or ucom, so I don't understand what it does (and if
> anything odd should be done by NetBSD).
>
>
> About the stall: see the following log entry in usbdevs:
>
> Revision 1.254 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Sun
> Feb 19 14:48:02 2006 UTC (11 months, 2 weeks ago) by iedowse
> Branch: MAIN
> Changes since 1.253: +1 -0 lines
> Diff to previous 1.253 (colored)
>
> Add a UQ_OPEN_CLEARSTALL quirk for devices that need a clear-stall
> operation when a pipe is opened, and add an entry for the ST Micro
> biometric CPU.
>
> Submitted by: Fredrik Lindberg
> MFC after: 1 week
> --
> Greg Troxel <gdt at ir.bbn.com>
Begin forwarded message:
> From: John Nielsen <lists at jnielsen.net>
> Date: February 5, 2007 9:41:23 AM CST
> To: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
> Cc: freebsd-usb at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Verizon V620 wireless card
>
> [Adding usb@ to CC list.]
>
> On Monday 05 February 2007 09:44, Greg Troxel wrote:
>> I added the vendor ids to NetBSD's usbdevs and ugensa(4). (ugensa is
>> similar to (and I think the ancestor of) FreeBSD's ubsa.)
>>
>> Can you explain the UQ_ASSUME_CM_OVER_DATA quirk? I couldn't find it
>> showing up in ubsa or ucom, so I don't understand what it does
>> (and if
>> anything odd should be done by NetBSD).
>
> I don't know what it does exactly. The comment in usb_quirks.h just
> says "modem device breaks on cm over data". I do know that it's
> needed for a
> lot of cellphone and modem-type usb devices (including my Samsung
> VI660
> (anyone feel like committing usb/74880?)). I tried my V620 with the
> ubsa
> patch but without the quirk and it didn't work at all.
>
>> About the stall: see the following log entry in usbdevs:
>>
>> Revision 1.254 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs],
>> Sun Feb 19
>> 14:48:02 2006 UTC (11 months, 2 weeks ago) by iedowse Branch: MAIN
>> Changes since 1.253: +1 -0 lines
>> Diff to previous 1.253 (colored)
>>
>> Add a UQ_OPEN_CLEARSTALL quirk for devices that need a clear-stall
>> operation when a pipe is opened, and add an entry for the ST Micro
>> biometric CPU.
>
> It doesn't look like this was ever MFC'ed. Who should I bug to get
> that taken
> care of? If I can test it and it takes care of the error messages
> then I'll
> add it to my patch and submit a PR.
>
> Funny coincidence. It looks like kern/106033 (the PR that led me
> down the ubsa
> path to begin with) was committed a few hours before my message
> yesterday.
> Thanks Lukas!
>
> JN
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Begin forwarded message:
> From: Greg Troxel <gdt at ir.bbn.com>
> Date: February 5, 2007 10:44:51 AM CST
> To: John Nielsen <lists at jnielsen.net>
> Cc: freebsd-usb at freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Verizon V620 wireless card
>
>
> John Nielsen <lists at jnielsen.net> writes:
>
>> [Adding usb@ to CC list.]
>>
>> On Monday 05 February 2007 09:44, Greg Troxel wrote:
>>> I added the vendor ids to NetBSD's usbdevs and ugensa(4).
>>> (ugensa is
>>> similar to (and I think the ancestor of) FreeBSD's ubsa.)
>>>
>>> Can you explain the UQ_ASSUME_CM_OVER_DATA quirk? I couldn't
>>> find it
>>> showing up in ubsa or ucom, so I don't understand what it does
>>> (and if
>>> anything odd should be done by NetBSD).
>>
>> I don't know what it does exactly. The comment in usb_quirks.h just
>> says "modem device breaks on cm over data". I do know that it's
>> needed for a
>> lot of cellphone and modem-type usb devices (including my Samsung
>> VI660
>> (anyone feel like committing usb/74880?)). I tried my V620 with
>> the ubsa
>> patch but without the quirk and it didn't work at all.
>
> I've been using a KPC650 (vz) and a sierra aircard (sprint) on NetBSD
> without any sign of that quirk with no issues. So, it could be that
> the NetBSD code doesn't provoke the behavior for some other reason.
>
> Greg Troxel <gdt at ir.bbn.com>
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Volker <volker at vwsoft.com>
> Date: February 5, 2007 4:57:07 PM CST
> To: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
> Cc: lists at jnielsen.net
> Subject: Re: Verizon V620 wireless card
>
>> ucom0: Novatel Wireless Inc. Novatel Wireless Merlin CDMA, rev
>> 1.10/0.00,
>> addr 2
>> ucom0: ubsa_request: STALLED
>> ucom0: ubsa_request: STALLED
>> ...
>> (lots more STALLED messages)
>
>
> John,
>
> just added myself to mobile@ (thanks for cross-posting this to usb@
> so I got notice of this discussion).
>
> If you're using the V620 (or any other (W-)CDMA) card with ppp, you
> should make sure you're using:
>
> set cd 30! (note the exclamation mark at the end)
>
> I've seen _a lot_ of problem reports (not just with FreeBSD) where
> ppp does not recognize a connection loss when using W-CDMA cards.
> The exclamation mark forces ppp into waiting for a carrier and
> following that CD signal.
>
> I suspect your problems might come from a bad signal. I don't know
> much about the V620 (just that it's only used in nothern america)
> but if it's a high-speed card (transfer rate > 56k, 3G mode?) you
> should force your card into GPRS or 3G mode.
>
> By default W-CDMA cards are trying to auto detect the best signal
> reception and that might cause often signal loss due to band change.
>
> If you know how to force the card into one or the other mode, please
> use that in ppp's init string. If you don't know it, you may try the
> commands for the U630 (I guess both cards are using the same command
> set). You may find a bit info about the U630 at:
> http://bsd.vwsoft.com/3g/merlin_u630.html
>
> Please note the U630 is serial-over-PCMCIA and not usb so the
> hardware is not the same. I thought the V620 is also
> serial-over-PCMCIA but it seems you proved me wrong. ;)
>
> Greetings,
>
> Volker
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Begin forwarded message:
> From: John Nielsen <lists at jnielsen.net>
> Date: February 5, 2007 9:35:24 PM CST
> To: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
> Cc: Volker <volker at vwsoft.com>
> Subject: Re: Verizon V620 wireless card
>
> On Monday 05 February 2007 17:57, Volker wrote:
>>> ucom0: Novatel Wireless Inc. Novatel Wireless Merlin CDMA, rev
>>> 1.10/0.00, addr 2
>>> ucom0: ubsa_request: STALLED
>>> ucom0: ubsa_request: STALLED
>>> ...
>>> (lots more STALLED messages)
>>
>> John,
>>
>> just added myself to mobile@ (thanks for cross-posting this to usb@
>> so I got notice of this discussion).
>>
>> If you're using the V620 (or any other (W-)CDMA) card with ppp, you
>> should make sure you're using:
>>
>> set cd 30! (note the exclamation mark at the end)
>>
>> I've seen _a lot_ of problem reports (not just with FreeBSD) where
>> ppp does not recognize a connection loss when using W-CDMA cards.
>> The exclamation mark forces ppp into waiting for a carrier and
>> following that CD signal.
>
> I'll play around with that, thanks.
>
>> I suspect your problems might come from a bad signal. I don't know
>> much about the V620 (just that it's only used in nothern america)
>> but if it's a high-speed card (transfer rate > 56k, 3G mode?) you
>> should force your card into GPRS or 3G mode.
>
> I'll experiment with that too. One thing I'm not sure I mentioned
> in my
> first post is that the STALLED messages only show up when the
> device is
> opened and closed. If I use ppp in manual mode I get about six of
> them when
> I first start ppp but none while I issue any AT commands or while
> the link
> is active. Then I get about six more when I close the link.
>
> It is a (relatively) high-speed card. Under Windows all the fancy
> third-party software does is create a regular dial-up networking
> link with
> a serial speed of 230400. Doing the same with ppp under FreeBSD
> gets me a
> usable connection. Under either OS the latency is pretty high
> (~300ms) and
> a few packets get dropped here and there, but it beats straight
> dial-up (or
> heaven forbid, no connection at all!)
>
>> By default W-CDMA cards are trying to auto detect the best signal
>> reception and that might cause often signal loss due to band change.
>>
>> If you know how to force the card into one or the other mode, please
>> use that in ppp's init string. If you don't know it, you may try the
>> commands for the U630 (I guess both cards are using the same command
>> set). You may find a bit info about the U630 at:
>> http://bsd.vwsoft.com/3g/merlin_u630.html
>
> Thanks for the link. More documentation is almost always better. :)
>
>> Please note the U630 is serial-over-PCMCIA and not usb so the
>> hardware is not the same. I thought the V620 is also
>> serial-over-PCMCIA but it seems you proved me wrong. ;)
>
> I was a little surprised when I first plugged it in under Windows
> and a USB
> hub popped up. But hey, I didn't design the card or even choose to
> buy it
> (it's part of the lucky ball-and-chain package I get from work when
> I'm on
> call).
>
> Thanks for your response.
>
> JN
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Begin forwarded message:
> From: Volker <volker at vwsoft.com>
> Date: February 6, 2007 6:04:09 AM CST
> To: John Nielsen <lists at jnielsen.net>
> Cc: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Verizon V620 wireless card
>
> John,
>
> On 02/06/07 04:35, John Nielsen wrote:
>> On Monday 05 February 2007 17:57, Volker wrote:
>>>> ucom0: Novatel Wireless Inc. Novatel Wireless Merlin CDMA, rev
>>>> 1.10/0.00, addr 2
>>>> ucom0: ubsa_request: STALLED
>>>> ucom0: ubsa_request: STALLED
>>>> ...
>>>> (lots more STALLED messages)
>>> John,
>>>
>>> just added myself to mobile@ (thanks for cross-posting this to usb@
>>> so I got notice of this discussion).
>>>
>>> If you're using the V620 (or any other (W-)CDMA) card with ppp, you
>>> should make sure you're using:
>>>
>>> set cd 30! (note the exclamation mark at the end)
>>>
>>> I've seen _a lot_ of problem reports (not just with FreeBSD) where
>>> ppp does not recognize a connection loss when using W-CDMA cards.
>>> The exclamation mark forces ppp into waiting for a carrier and
>>> following that CD signal.
>>
>> I'll play around with that, thanks.
>>
>>> I suspect your problems might come from a bad signal. I don't know
>>> much about the V620 (just that it's only used in nothern america)
>>> but if it's a high-speed card (transfer rate > 56k, 3G mode?) you
>>> should force your card into GPRS or 3G mode.
>>
>> I'll experiment with that too. One thing I'm not sure I mentioned
>> in my
>> first post is that the STALLED messages only show up when the
>> device is
>> opened and closed. If I use ppp in manual mode I get about six of
>> them when
>> I first start ppp but none while I issue any AT commands or while
>> the link
>> is active. Then I get about six more when I close the link.
>
> You may even try to open the device with a speed setting of 1200
> baud. I've played with userland ppp and found that when using speeds
> above 115kbit ppp might behave oddly. For any tty device which is
> not associated with a real UART chip the speed should not matter.
> Even in the driver the speed setting function is a dummy function
> which does nothing but ppp takes care of the speed.
>
> I suggest to use a lower speed setting with ppp and try again. You
> should have no throughput impact when using 38400 baud with ppp. At
> least this is what I was experiencing using 3G hardware.
>
> Please try that (plus the 'set cd xx!' setting) and see if the
> stalled messages are gone.
>
>> Thanks for the link. More documentation is almost always better. :)
>
> If you have any good docs for the V620 with the differences to the
> U630 I'll put them up also if you can give me pointers. I'm trying
> to assemble as much 3G infos as possible as this is a really
> interesting infrastructure (I like the idea to have the internet to
> go).
>
>> I was a little surprised when I first plugged it in under Windows
>> and a USB
>> hub popped up. But hey, I didn't design the card or even choose to
>> buy it
>> (it's part of the lucky ball-and-chain package I get from work
>> when I'm on
>> call).
>
> Most current 3G cards do have an interface like that. I think
> Qualcomm designed that and most manufacturers took that. Just the
> newer Option Globetrotter cards (3G Max, 3G +) do have a different
> interface.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Volker
>
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