Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 12:26:55 +0530 From: Soumendra Ganguly <soumendraganguly@gmail.com> To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Drivers for my PC Message-ID: <CAOW54GX99=r5Zh%2BS8a0GwjMwE35xmgL5DBOjXbPR6ywTdHNFLA@mail.gmail.com>
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Respected driver developers,
I recently bought a notebook (hp pavilion
15-e006tu) which came with FreeDOS. I installed FreeBSD 9.2 (amd64) on it
(using dvd1.iso *), removing FreeDOS and later noticed that the Wi-Fi is
not working. Then I checked the list of hardwares supported by FreeBSD 9.2
(which I should have done prior to installing the OS) and found out that
some of the components of my PC are not in the list. For example the Wi-Fi
adapter (RalinkTech VQF-RT3290), the Bluetooth adapter (same model name as
the Wi-Fi adapter, Ralink VQF-RT3290), and I do not even know if the
Ethernet interface is supported. Later I realized that since the Wi-Fi
adapter is not recognized, the FreeBSD installation said something like -
'no configurable NIC found' (or something similar, I hope you know what I
mean). I really want to use FreeBSD. My other computer has Windows and
Ubuntu on it. I want to port some of my code to FreeBSD. What to do? Please
help! I do not know how to write drivers (I would love to be able to
though) ! Help, please!
* I converted the iso to a usb installation medium to install FreeBSD. I
have created an image of the flash drive using dd(1) on ubuntu and saved it
to my external hard drive for future use.
Thank you. I will be really grateful if someone helps.
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