The driver included for using iPhone’s USB tethering (ipheth) doesn’t work without usbmuxd port which is not included in the downloadable installer images, results in users being unable to install needed packages if they can’t use ethernet or WiFi. There’s a scenario that they can get a network interface working if they install a port and they can’t because without usbmuxd they can’t connect to their iPhone’s USB tethering.
Yes I believe this is a very good point to add comms/usbmuxd to the installation media. Patch at: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54074
A commit in branch main references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=90eda629964cbe4c2472aa3f1b8a427e60e78834 commit 90eda629964cbe4c2472aa3f1b8a427e60e78834 Author: Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2025-12-05 23:57:48 +0000 Commit: Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2025-12-05 23:57:48 +0000 release: Include comms/usbmuxd to DVD to ensure ipheth(4) works PR: 291370 Reviewed by: emaste, aokblast, dch MFC after: 3 days Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54074 release/scripts/pkg-stage.sh | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
So I have added comms/usbmuxd into the script builds the DVD. We can't change the release artifact, or at least we can't change it without an errata notice (and currently we don't rebuild release artifact after EN/SA, although it's possible.) My suggestion for now is build the dvd with this patch, or using memstick media, put the related packages to that installation media first so it can be used offline.
Thank you, for the fix and also for your suggestion. I already used another trick to make it work for myself, but I filed a bug for anyone else who could be in trouble for something like this.
A commit in branch stable/15 references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=58c80b2e79ce3b40a933507234f29d4200ab8463 commit 58c80b2e79ce3b40a933507234f29d4200ab8463 Author: Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2025-12-05 23:57:48 +0000 Commit: Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2025-12-08 00:49:09 +0000 release: Include comms/usbmuxd to DVD to ensure ipheth(4) works PR: 291370 Reviewed by: emaste, aokblast, dch MFC after: 3 days Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54074 (cherry picked from commit 90eda629964cbe4c2472aa3f1b8a427e60e78834) release/scripts/pkg-stage.sh | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
A commit in branch stable/14 references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=9b1cd02f363f4b9c1ebcafef41b99c0898bb8d7c commit 9b1cd02f363f4b9c1ebcafef41b99c0898bb8d7c Author: Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2025-12-05 23:57:48 +0000 Commit: Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2025-12-08 00:50:15 +0000 release: Include comms/usbmuxd to DVD to ensure ipheth(4) works PR: 291370 Reviewed by: emaste, aokblast, dch MFC after: 3 days Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54074 (cherry picked from commit 90eda629964cbe4c2472aa3f1b8a427e60e78834) release/scripts/pkg-stage.sh | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)