Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 12:53:10 +0100 From: Tim Bishop <tim-lists@bishnet.net> To: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Small patch for if_ndis_pccard.c Message-ID: <20040522115310.GA23999@carrick.bishnet.net> In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.2.20040310112318.03638078@gid.co.uk> References: <6.0.3.0.2.20040306091212.0366f5b8@gid.co.uk> <20040306221929.37F8016A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> <6.0.3.0.2.20040310112318.03638078@gid.co.uk>
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On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 11:37:02AM +0000, Bob Bishop wrote:
> Had a go with this 3Com 3CRSHPW196. Had to apply the following patch to
> work around a difference of opinion between the .inf file and the card CIS
> about the use of underscores:
>
> --- if_ndis_pccard.c.orig Wed Mar 10 10:27:37 2004
> +++ if_ndis_pccard.c Wed Mar 10 11:10:54 2004
> @@ -134,7 +134,9 @@
> int i;
>
> for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
> - if (toupper(s1[i]) != toupper(s2[i]))
> + if (toupper(s1[i]) != toupper(s2[i])
> + && !(s1[i] == ' ' && s2[i] == '_')
> + && !(s1[i] == '_' && s2[i] == ' '))
> return(0);
> }
>
> I suppose you might prefer to fix this sort of thing in ndiscvt.
FWIW this patch works for me. Well, where "works" means it now detects
the card :-)
> Anyway, with the patch the card attaches etc but we get a panic (as kind of
> expected) when trying to bring the interface up with ifconfig.
>
> FWIW, log:
>
> ndis0: <3Com 3CRSHPW_96 Wireless LAN PC Card> at port 0x100-0x11f irq 11
> function 0 config 1 on pccard0
> can't re-use a leaf (Rate)!
> can't re-use a leaf (RTS_Threshold)!
> can't re-use a leaf (Frag_Threshold)!
> can't re-use a leaf (PreambleType)!
> can't re-use a leaf (Channel)!
> can't re-use a leaf (Operating_Mode)!
> can't re-use a leaf (ESSID)!
> can't re-use a leaf (WEP_KEY_INDEX)!
> can't re-use a leaf (EncryptionLevel)!
> can't re-use a leaf (WEP_KEY_1)!
> can't re-use a leaf (WEP_KEY_2)!
> can't re-use a leaf (WEP_KEY_3)!
> can't re-use a leaf (WEP_KEY_4)!
> can't re-use a leaf (WEP_Mode)!
> can't re-use a leaf (AuthenticationType)!
> can't re-use a leaf (PowerMgmtMode)!
> can't re-use a leaf (BasicRates)!
> can't re-use a leaf (BeaconPeriod)!
> ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1
> ndis0: 802.11 address: 00:04:75:9a:46:20
> ndis0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
>
> (Not so easy to catch the panic, this ThinkPad doesn't have a serial port.)
And likewise, exactly the same output and panic. I'm using -CURRENT as
of today. I'm happy to try and provide more information, but like Bob
I'm also using a thinkpad.
Cheers,
Tim.
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