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U3G(4)			     Kernel Interfaces Manual			  U3G(4)

NAME
     u3g -- USB support for 3G datacards

SYNOPSIS
     To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your
     kernel configuration file:

	   device u3g
	   device ucom

     Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
     following line in loader.conf(5):

	   u3g_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION
     The  u3g  driver provides support for the multiple USB-to-serial interfaces
     exposed by many 3G USB/PCCard modems.

     The device is accessed through the ucom(4) driver	which  makes  it  behave
     like a tty(4).

HARDWARE
     The u3g driver supports the following adapters:

     *	 Option GT 3G Fusion, GT Fusion Quad, etc. (only 3G part, not WLAN)
     *	 Option GT 3G, GT 3G Quad, etc.
     *	 Vodafone Mobile Connect Card 3G
     *	 Qualcomm Inc. CDMA MSM
     *	 Huawei B190, E220 ('<Huawei Mobile>')
     *	 Novatal U740, MC950D, X950D, etc.
     *	 Sierra MC875U, MC8775U, etc.

     (See  /sys/dev/u3g.c for the complete list of supported cards for each ven-
     dor mentioned above.)

     The supported 3G cards provide the necessary modem port for ppp,  pppd,  or
     mpd  connections  as well as extra ports (depending on the specific device)
     to provide other functions (additional command port, diagnostic  port,  SIM
     toolkit port).

     In  some  of  these devices a mass storage device supported by the umass(4)
     driver is present which contains Windows and Mac OS X drivers.  The  device
     starts  up  in disk mode (TruInstall, ZeroCD, etc.) and requires additional
     commands to switch it to modem mode.

     The u3gstub(4) device will attach temporarily to a 3G device  with  a  mass
     storage  device and force it to switch to modem mode, The attach and detach
     of u3gstub and any driver disk device present on the 3G device is	is  hid-
     den,  unless the machine was booted in verbose mode (see boot(8)).  To tem-
     porarily unhide the device, set debug.bootverbose to 1 using sysctl(8)  and
     replug the device.

SEE ALSO
     tty(4), ucom(4), usb(4)

HISTORY
     The u3g driver appeared in FreeBSD 7.2, is based on the uark(4) driver, and
     written by Andrea Guzzo <aguzzo@anywi.com> in September 2008.

AUTHORS
     The u3g driver was written by Andrea Guzzo <aguzzo@anywi.com> and
     Nick  Hibma  <n_hibma@freebsd.org>.   Hardware  for testing was provided by
     AnyWi Technologies, Leiden, NL.

FreeBSD 7.2			 October 7, 2008			  U3G(4)

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