From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 24 01:46:54 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4375016A403 for ; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 01:46:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bennett@cs.niu.edu) Received: from mp.cs.niu.edu (mp.cs.niu.edu [131.156.145.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CBBD13C425 for ; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 01:46:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bennett@cs.niu.edu) Received: from mp.cs.niu.edu (bennett@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mp.cs.niu.edu (8.14.0.Beta3/8.14.0.Beta3) with ESMTP id kBO1k6sk023896; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 19:46:06 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 19:46:06 -0600 (CST) From: Scott Bennett Message-Id: <200612240146.kBO1k62C023895@mp.cs.niu.edu> To: ran@styx.aic.net Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: another step toward a working driver for Dell 1450 wireless card X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 01:46:54 -0000 On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:56:23 +0400 (AMT) Hrant Dadivanyan wrote: >> SUCCESS AT LAST!!! Read on... >> > >Glad to hear, congratulations ! > > [deleted] >> >Please note, you need to feed bcm43xx.cat to ndisgen as well. >> > >This is wrong, because driver works without. That was my mistake, ndis >wasn't load by some other cause. Okay. I've now tried it without, too, and it seems to be okay. > >> [stuff deleted --SB] >> > >> >Yesterday I found the following - >> >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=106131 >> >with patch to ndis. It may work for you, sorry I don't have time now to >> >try it for myself, on holidays maybe. >> >> I'll check that out when I find a bit more spare time. > >I confirm that patch works. Apply it and you can load "fresh" drivers >from Dell. Thanks to Scot W. Hetzel for excellent work ! I applied the patch, which seems to work well with the old driver. I also tried it with the new driver. The four "No match" messages no longer appear, but I still get a kernel panic at the same point during the kernel initialization process (i.e., right after the card is identified), so I've reverted to the old driver. There is also a problem with either the old driver or ifconfig, though it has very minor impact for me. "ifconfig ndis0 mode 11b" is accepted, but specifying 11a or 11g gets error messages. In any case, it seems to accept 802.11g-speed connections. I don't think I've ever run into a router using the 5 GHz band, so I can live with this for now. Thank you very much again! Now, on to obstacles in the ports tree... Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * **********************************************************************