From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 22 12:27:49 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41CF61065758 for ; Sat, 22 May 2010 12:27:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kamikaze@bsdforen.de) Received: from mail.bsdforen.de (bsdforen.de [212.204.60.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0449A8FC13 for ; Sat, 22 May 2010 12:27:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mobileKamikaze.norad (HSI-KBW-078-042-098-160.hsi3.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de [78.42.98.160]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.bsdforen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF0E08A1DC6 for ; Sat, 22 May 2010 14:27:47 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4BF7CDC3.8050908@bsdforen.de> Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 14:27:47 +0200 From: Dominic Fandrey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100331 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <4BF7C455.6040806@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <4BF7C455.6040806@bsdforen.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Activate PCIe slot deactivated by BIOS X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 12:27:49 -0000 On 22/05/2010 13:47, Dominic Fandrey wrote: > Today the card arrived and the BIOS complains (HP 6510b): > 104-Unsupported wireless network device detected. > System halted. Remove device and restart. > > The system boots if I turn off the wireless device in BIOS, but > this means I cannot use it. > > Now, I could just get a BIOS image and exchange the device IDs > there. But I wonder, wouldn't it be easier to just reactivate the > PCIe slot through the OS? This e-mail is written through the ath wireless I got: # ifconfig ath0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 2290 ether 00:24:2c:1d:f0:2f media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g status: associated ... wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:24:2c:1d:f0:2f inet 192.168.178.41 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.178.255 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/36Mbps mode 11g status: associated ssid "Obi-Wan Kenobi" channel 7 (2442 MHz 11g) bssid 00:15:0c:d5:37:a0 regdomain 101 indoor ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 20 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS wme burst roaming MANUAL I achieved this by passing the BIOS check with the intel wireless and hot-swapping it with the atheros card afterwards. This is impractical and evil, so I'm still searching for a solution. But at least I know that the device works. -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?