From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 9 16:10:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CADE316A4DA for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 16:10:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BA14043D45 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 16:10:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 09 Aug 2006 16:10:01 -0000 Received: from ip176-173-59-62.adsl.versatel.nl (EHLO [192.168.2.5]) [62.59.173.176] by mail.gmx.net (mp005) with SMTP; 09 Aug 2006 18:10:01 +0200 X-Authenticated: #25365336 Message-ID: <44DA08DB.4030401@gmx.net> Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:10:03 +0200 From: Frank Staals User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060706) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Nielsen References: <44DA01D0.8070107@gmx.net> <200608091147.32939.lists@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <200608091147.32939.lists@jnielsen.net> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ndis + Netgear WG311v3 ; Won't attach device correctly X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:10:04 -0000 John Nielsen wrote: > On Wednesday 09 August 2006 11:40, Frank Staals wrote: > >> The only thing changed since the first time I loaded the module was I >> copied it to /boot/kernel and I added WG311v3XP_sys_load="YES" to >> /boot/loader.conf but those changes shouldn't have effect on not >> correctly loading it I think. >> > > This is the key. I can't remember where I read it but this is a documented > caveat of the ndis driver. Windows doesn't typically invoke network drivers > until after the system is loaded, so some drivers won't work in FreeBSD > unless they're loaded after the system is up. So take the line out > of /boot/loader.conf, test that the driver works correctly if you reboot and > kldload it manually, then make an rc script or something to automatically > load the driver later in the boot process. > > JN > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Ah thanks a lot, that did the trick -- -Frank Staals