Zyxel NWD210N not accepted at boot time but after plugging it in again

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

On Sunday 18 December 2011 12:32:46 PseudoCylon wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Erich Dollansky
> <erichfreebsdlist at ovitrap.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sunday 18 December 2011 06:45:18 PseudoCylon wrote:
> >> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 6:11 AM, Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt at freebsd.org> wrote:
> >> > On Saturday 17 December 2011 06:58:56 Erich Dollansky wrote:
> >> >
> >> > run(4) tries to load the firmware on attach at which point the root
> >> > filesystem isn't yet mounted. Actually I think the prefered behaviour
> >> > is to load it during init, not sure this is possible for run(4)
> >> > though. Someone should check this. :)
> >> >
> >> mmm... It seems "someone" is me.
> >>
> >> At the quick look, the firmware could be loaded during the init. Give
> >> me a few days, I will try to change.
> >>
> > if you need more information, just ask me. Please do not wonder if you do not get them at the spot. I am in a very remote location where electricity is cut off during the day.
> >
> Actually, it was quite straight forward. The patch follows.
> 
> Also, a tarball is attached which include patch to man.4/run.4 and new
> firmware. I don't know what has been changed, but I'd appreciate if
> you try new firmware out.

after installing the patch and rebooting the machine, the interface came up as expected. I could not test the new firmware as I did not find the location where to store it.

Erich
> 
> 
> AK
> 
> ## begin patch ##
> 
> diff --git a/dev/usb/wlan/if_run.c b/dev/usb/wlan/if_run.c
> index b2c3c19..ef7c62c 100644
> --- a/dev/usb/wlan/if_run.c
> +++ b/dev/usb/wlan/if_run.c
> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
>   */
> 
>  #include <sys/cdefs.h>
> -__FBSDID("$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_run.c,v 1.29 2011/12/17
> 10:23:17 bschmidt Exp $");
> +__FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
> 
>  /*-
>   * Ralink Technology RT2700U/RT2800U/RT3000U chipset driver.
> @@ -600,12 +600,6 @@ run_attach(device_t self)
>  	    sc->mac_ver, sc->mac_rev, run_get_rf(sc->rf_rev),
>  	    sc->ntxchains, sc->nrxchains, ether_sprintf(sc->sc_bssid));
> 
> -	if ((error = run_load_microcode(sc)) != 0) {
> -		device_printf(sc->sc_dev, "could not load 8051 microcode\n");
> -		RUN_UNLOCK(sc);
> -		goto detach;
> -	}
> -
>  	RUN_UNLOCK(sc);
> 
>  	ifp = sc->sc_ifp = if_alloc(IFT_IEEE80211);
> @@ -1050,8 +1044,9 @@ run_load_microcode(struct run_softc *sc)
>  		error = ETIMEDOUT;
>  		goto fail;
>  	}
> -	device_printf(sc->sc_dev, "firmware %s loaded\n",
> -	    (base == fw->data) ? "RT2870" : "RT3071");
> +	device_printf(sc->sc_dev, "firmware %s ver. %u.%u loaded\n",
> +	    (base == fw->data) ? "RT2870" : "RT3071",
> +	    *(base + 4092), *(base + 4093));
> 
>  fail:
>  	firmware_put(fw, FIRMWARE_UNLOAD);
> @@ -4677,6 +4672,11 @@ run_init_locked(struct run_softc *sc)
> 
>  	run_stop(sc);
> 
> +	if (run_load_microcode(sc) != 0) {
> +		device_printf(sc->sc_dev, "could not load 8051 microcode\n");
> +		goto fail;
> +	}
> +
>  	for (ntries = 0; ntries < 100; ntries++) {
>  		if (run_read(sc, RT2860_ASIC_VER_ID, &tmp) != 0)
>  			goto fail;
>