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Cc: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: broadcom wireless card on FB7 using ndisgen,
	no ndis0 after kldload
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Kemian Dang wrote:
> Glen Barber 写道:
>> On Wednesday 30 January 2008 07:18:51 pm Kemian Dang wrote:
>>
>>  
>>> I have a laptop which using the broadcom wireless card.
>>> I download the bcmwl5a.inf/.sys and use ndisgen to generate the .ko
>>> file, then I kldload it as the doc said.
>>> I can see ndis,if_ndis and bcmwl using kldstat, but there are no ndis0
>>> when ifconfig.
>>> I have tried add the bcmwl to the /boot/loader.conf, but still no ndis0.
>>> And there no message in the dmesg about the ndis.
>>>
>>>     
>>
>> Did you copy the bcmxxx.ko file to /book/kernel/ ?  If you did, make
>> sure you have an entry in your /boot/loader.conf: bcmxxx_load="YES"
>>
>> I have my bcm driver called 'bcmwl5_sys.ko' and 'bcmwl5_sys_load="YES"
>> in my /boot/loader.conf.
>>
>> Hope that helps
>>
>>   
> Yes, mine is bcmwl5a_sys.ko and I have tried to put it in the
> loader.conf. Actually, it is in the loader.conf now. I list it below:
> 
> %ls /boot/modules/bcmwl*
> /boot/modules/bcmwl5a_sys.ko
> %more /boot/loader.conf
> nvidia_load="yes"
> bcmwl5a_sys_load="yes"
> 
> Does "yes" differ from "YES"?
> 

I think YES and yes are interchangeable although YES tends to be used.

whats the output of kldstat?
if it doesnt contain ndis.ko what happens if you
kldload ndis

Vince




> Best wishes,
> Kemian
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