Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 22:41:43 -0400 From: Scott Lambert <lambert@lambertfam.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD & Broadcom BCM94306 Message-ID: <20040412024143.GC787@laptop.lambertfam.org> Resent-Message-ID: <20040412024250.GD787@laptop.lambertfam.org> In-Reply-To: <1081710037.19003.9.camel@morpheus> References: <1081710037.19003.9.camel@morpheus>
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On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 03:00:38PM -0400, Aaron Walker wrote: > I installed FreeBSD (5.2.1) on a laptop for the first time yesterday and > so far everything has worked flawlessly. > > I have a HP Pavilion ze4630us that has a NatSemi 10/100 NIC as well as a > Broadcom BCM94306 802.11g chip. I've checked out the Hardware Notes for > 5.2.1 and not suprisingly (since there isn't even a native linux driver > yet) it wasn't on the list. I am able to get the chip working under > Linux via ndiswrapper which basically loads the windows driver for it. I have a Compaq 2195 which is similar to your HP. The FreeBSD NDIS driver, aka "Project Evil", works well. http://www.lambertfam.org/~lambert/laptop/Presario_2195US/5/ -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lambert@lambertfam.org http://www.lambertfam.org/~lambert/resume.html
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