On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 2:29 AM, Bjørn Mork <[email protected]> wrote: > Kelsey Sigurdur <[email protected]> writes: > >> I do have the sierra_net driver on my system but you are correct that >> it's not getting bound to the device. >> >> For now I'm guessing it's a kernel issue. Google, and my rudimentary >> understanding of C, suggests that the USB 306 is blacklisted in >> sierra.c > > The sierra.c comment refers to blacklisting the DirectIP USB interfaces > in the serial driver, giving the sierra_net driver a chance to handle > them instead. This is a prerequisite for using sierra_net at all. > >> but would work with a firmware version >= M3.0. >> Unfortunately, the Sierra Wireless site offers only M2_0_11_10AP as >> the latest firmware for this device. >> >> See http://lwn.net/Articles/385096/ if you're interested in where I >> came across the blacklist info. > > Right. If the firmware version is the problem, then your device is > probably failing this test in the sierra_net driver: > > /* verify fw attributes */ > status = sierra_net_get_fw_attr(dev, &fwattr); > dev_dbg(&dev->udev->dev, "Fw attr: %x\n", fwattr); > > /* test whether firmware supports DHCP */ > if (!(status == sizeof(fwattr) && (fwattr & SWI_GET_FW_ATTR_MASK))) { > /* found incompatible firmware version */ > dev_err(&dev->udev->dev, "Incompatible driver and firmware" > " versions\n"); > kfree(priv); > return -ENODEV; > } > > > You should be able to verify that easily by looking for the > "Incompatible driver and firmware versions" message. Is that present in > your kernel logs? >
Yes that error is present. That error is actually what prompted me to start peeking at the source code. > If so, then I don't think there is much anyone can do here. We can only > assume there is a valid reason for Sierra to put that test in the > driver. Did you try requesting newer firmware from Sierra Wireless? In > my experience they don't necessarily put all available firmwares on > their public site. > > > > Bjørn Requesting newer firmware is my next step. Hopefully citing the email from Elina, and Dans' note about having version 3.0 on his 306, will make acquiring the update a relatively painless process. Thank you for your input. _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
