Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:20:10 +0530 From: Gautham Ganapathy <gautham@lisphacker.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 64-bit Windows XP NDIS drivers giving missing symbols Message-ID: <AANLkTi=OyEhRPiOti=6cAweWRV%2BRLqXg3zVB9U5X8PQT@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100724154644.75b1938b@scorpio> References: <AANLkTinhc-Qp1jV3TB92BYPf3UxVV7Uf0TJN2X7wwLxt@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTin%2BL3rxWLUGSpzdh4kmJvx43swOJ8E847qjub5t@mail.gmail.com> <20100724084204.597b9e6f@scorpio> <AANLkTim1p4QOm6pm_ddKXwLuwHBixV=UXQR3V-2YhF_t@mail.gmail.com> <20100724154644.75b1938b@scorpio>
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On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Jerry <freebsd.user@seibercom.net> wrote: > On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:45:24 +0000 > Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> articulated: > > > > On 7/24/10, Jerry <freebsd.user@seibercom.net> wrote: > > > On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:01:24 +0000 > > > Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> articulated: > > > > > >> Such symbols are completly irrelevant for normal operation, because > > >> NDISulator crash on amd64 during driver initialization. > > >> I fixed this in my own git repo, but "fpudna in kernel mode" (my > > >> understanding is that it is source of panic when trying to use ndis0 > > >> device on amd64), present only on amd64 is still not yet fixed - thi= s > > >> should be addressed with fpu_kern KPI available on CURRENT - not don= e > > >> yet... > > >> Feel free to send patches. > > > > > > I feel his pain. I need 64 bit drivers for cards that FBSD does not > > > support, mostly 'N' protocol wireless cards. The inability to secure > > > and use perfectly good drivers that are available for Windows users i= n > > > FreeBSD is a real PIA. Of course, it does give my Window user friends > > > something to laugh about. > > > > And bwn(4) doesn't work at all? > > <quote> > bwn -- Broadcom BCM43xx IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network driver > </quote> > > You will notice that there is no 'n' in the description. In any case, > it is limited to 'broadcom' chips. > > -- > Jerry =E2=9C=8C > FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net > Nope, bwn did not work. The man page mentioned a port that also had to be installed. It had two modules, which I put in loader.conf one at a time along with if_bwn.ko, but still no luck. The card I have has a Broadcom 4353 chipset. I think it is b/g/n. Regards Gautham
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