Moschip 7830 precompiled driver

[tattoomees]

Here is precompiled driver for pfsense 2.0 based on bsd 8.1
http://www.upload.ee/files/1946687/if_mos.ko.html
Im using it and it works fine :)

[stephenw10]

Is this 32bit or 64?

Steve

[tattoomees]

sorry forgot its 32 bit driver

[atamido]

Would you provide the make and model of the specific hardware you're using?

Also, what speed is your internet connection, and what speeds are you seeing through the adapter?

[atamido]

I'm a Windows user, so I'm just making a note of how I copied this precompiled driver onto the system and got it to load.

First I formatted a USB stick to FAT16 and copied if_mos.ko to it.
I plugged it into the pfsense system and ran:
mkdir /mnt/stick
mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/stick
cp /mnt/stick/if_mos.ko /boot/kernel
kldload if_mos.ko
vi /boot/loader.conf
i

Add in:
if_mos_load="YES"
to the end of the file.
Hit Esc.  Type :w and hit enter, then type :q and hit enter.
quit
And then reboot the system.

[atamido]

This driver didn't have the traffic shaper enabled for it (as it wasn't included), but Bug #1850 specifically mentions that altq should work in this driver.

Editing the "/etc/inc/interfaces.php" file, change line 3585 from:

			"ste", "stge", "txp", "udav", "ural", "vge", "vr", "wi", "xl",

to

			"ste", "stge", "txp", "udav", "ue", "ural", "vge", "vr", "wi", "xl",

[wallabybob]

@atamido:

vi /boot/loader.conf
i

It would be better to add the line to /boot/loader.conf.local since /boot/loader.conf is not guaranteed to survive a firmware upgrade but /boot/loader.conf.local is supposed to survive a firmware upgrade.

[atamido]

Thanks, I've made that change.  :)

The ironic bit is that the USB NIC has been fine so far, while the onboard NIC using the "bge" driver has been unstable (appears to be a known issue starting with BSD 7.x).

[atamido]

I suppose I should mention that I picked up this adapter:

http://www.bestofferbuy.com/eumark-usb-10100m-rj45-ethernet-network-adapter-dongle-moschip-mcs7830-p-26370.html

It cost $8.60 and shipping from Hong Kong to the US was free (although it did take a couple of weeks).  I'm not really sure how they make a profit, possibly some poor fisherman loads up their boat and sails across the big pond?

[mchacka]

i tried to install the moschip 7830,
i copied the if_mos.ko to /boot/kernel
and added the line to the loader.conf
kldstat output:
Id Refs Address    Size    Name
1    8 0xc0400000 1178ad8  kernel
2    1 0xc1579000 4d04    if_mos.ko

after restart the driver is loaded , but the system don't recognise the usb adapter.
can anyone help me?

[wallabybob]

What version of pfSense are you using?

Please provide the output of pfSense shell command```
usbconfig dump_device_desc

[mchacka]

hi
2.0.1-RELEASE pfSense

usbconfig dump_device_desc

ugen0.2: <usb 10="" 2.0="" 100m="" ethernet="" adaptor="" vendor="" 0x0fe6="">at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON

bLength = 0x0012
  bDescriptorType = 0x0001
  bcdUSB = 0x0110
  bDeviceClass = 0x0000
  bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000
  bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000
  bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040
  idVendor = 0x0fe6
  idProduct = 0x9700
  bcdDevice = 0x0101
  iManufacturer = 0x0000  <no string="">iProduct = 0x0002  <usb 10="" 2.0="" 100m="" ethernet="" adaptor="">iSerialNumber = 0x0000  <no string="">bNumConfigurations = 0x0001

thx 4 help</no></usb></no></usb>

[wallabybob]

According to the USB ids file on Ubuntu 12.04 (idVendor = 0x0fe6, idProduct = 0x9700) indicates a Kontron DM9601. Based on the same file I would expect a MOSCHIP 7830 to have (idVendor = 0x9710, idProduct = 0x7830).

I downloaded the MCS7830 datasheet from http://www.datasheetarchive.com/MCS7830-datasheet.html The datasheet suggests the MCS7830 is capable of USB high speed (480Mbps) operation but your device is connecting at USB full speed (12Mbps).

Hence I expect you don't really have a MosChip 7830.

Maybe you could plug this device into a Linux system and see what driver (if any) claims it.