From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 29 11:05:37 2007 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 81AE216A403; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:05:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from volker@vwsoft.com) Received: from frontmail.ipactive.de (frontmail.maindns.de [85.214.95.103]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4368013C45B; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:05:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from volker@vwsoft.com) Received: from mail.vtec.ipme.de (Q7caa.q.ppp-pool.de [89.53.124.170]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by frontmail.ipactive.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 117FE128829; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:43:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.16.3] (cesar.sz.vwsoft.com [192.168.16.3]) by mail.vtec.ipme.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6538E3F9E1; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:43:40 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <460B9859.10105@vwsoft.com> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:43:37 +0200 From: Volker User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070306) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Amarendra Godbole References: <294439d20703282142x760898e9u6dfee36f876d8e6d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <294439d20703282142x760898e9u6dfee36f876d8e6d@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-VWSoft-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: volker@vwsoft.com X-ipactive-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ipactive-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ipactive-MailScanner-From: volker@vwsoft.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sierra Wireless AirCard 555 drivers (?), and NDIS... 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: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:05:37 -0000 On 03/29/07 06:42, Amarendra Godbole wrote: > Hi, > > This might be a slightly offtopic question - I have a bunch of Sierra > Wireless AirCard 555 driver/firmware files, and I am unable to figure > out which is the correct .inf file, or which are the remaining > firmware files. I could only recognize the driver, which had a .sys > extension. These files are: Air555.sys, mdmac555.cat, mfac555.cat, > netac555.inf, MFAC555.INF, mdmac555.inf, netac555.cat. None of the > .inf files give a clue as to which one really belongs to the .sys > file. > > Hence, I tried building the ko, using ndisgen utility, by specifying > .sys as the driver, and netac555.inf as the corresponding .inf files. > Then I specified all the remaining files as additional firmware > files. ndisgen happily built the kernel object, and I was able to > insert it too... > > ...but....no device appeared, no nothing in the syslog too! This > leaves me wondering if I specified the incorrect files... > > Does anyone have an idea as to which will be the correct .inf file, > and which are the firmware files? I'd appreciate help here, I can also > send these file offlist for inspection. Thanks in advance! Amarendra, I don't know exactly that card, but similar ones and I doubt it's a card with a network interface. If I'm not at fault with this, even under Windows it's being seen as either a tty device or a modem device. You should have a look at ubsa(4). HTH, Volker