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21.Dd October 7, 2008
22.Dt U3G 4
23.Os
24.Sh NAME
25.Nm u3g
26.Nd USB support for 3G datacards
27.Sh SYNOPSIS
28To compile this driver into the kernel,
29place the following lines in your
30kernel configuration file:
31.Bd -ragged -offset indent
32.Cd "device u3g"
33.Cd "device ucom"
34.Ed
35.Pp
36Alternatively, to load the driver as a
37module at boot time, place the following line in
38.Xr loader.conf 5 :
39.Bd -literal -offset indent
40u3g_load="YES"
41.Ed
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45driver provides support for the multiple USB-to-serial interfaces exposed by
46many 3G USB/PCCard modems.
47.Pp
48The device is accessed through the
49.Xr ucom 4
50driver which makes it behave like a
51.Xr tty 4 .
52.Sh HARDWARE
53The
54.Nm
55driver supports the following adapters:
56.Pp
57.Bl -bullet -compact
58.It
59Option Globetrotter 3G Fusion (only 3G part, not WLAN)
60.It
61Option Globetrotter 3G Fusion Quad (only 3G part, not WLAN)
62.It
63Option Globetrotter 3G Quad
64.It
65Option Globetrotter 3G
66.It
67Vodafone Mobile Connect Card 3G
68.It
69Qualcomm Inc. CDMA MSM
70.It
71Huawei E220 (E270?)
72.It
73Huawei Mobile
74.It
75Novatal MC950D
76.It
77Sierra cards
78.El
79.Pp
80See
81.Pa /sys/dev/u3g.c
82for the complete list of supported cards for each vendor
83mentioned above.
84.Pp
85The supported 3G cards provide the necessary modem port for ppp,
86pppd, or mpd connections as well as extra ports (depending on the specific
87device) to provide other functions (diagnostic port, SIM toolkit port).
88.Pp
89In some of these devices a mass storage device supported by the
90.Xr umass 4
91driver is present which contains Windows and Mac OS X drivers.
92This device is
93hidden, unless the machine was booted in verbose mode (see
94.Xr boot 8 ) .
95To temporarily unhide the device, set
96.Va debug.bootverbose
97to 1 using
98.Xr sysctl 8
99and replug the device.
100The
101.Xr u3gstub 4
102device will attach temporarily and detach within seconds.
103.Sh SEE ALSO
104.Xr tty 4 ,
105.Xr ucom 4 ,
106.Xr usb 4
107.Sh HISTORY
108The
109.Nm
110driver appeared in
111.Fx 8.0 ,
112is based on the
113.Xr uark 4
114driver, and written by
115.An Andrea Guzzo Aq aguzzo@anywi.com
116in September 2008.
117.Sh AUTHORS
118The
119.Nm
120driver was written by
121.An Andrea Guzzo Aq aguzzo@anywi.com
122and
123.An Nick Hibma Aq n_hibma@freebsd.org .
124Hardware for testing was provided by AnyWi Technologies, Leiden, NL.
125