From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 30 13:59:21 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 E6C5E16A402 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:59:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (www.unsane.co.uk [85.233.185.162]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7040813C46A for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:59:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from [192.168.10.217] (150.117-84-212.staticip.namesco.net [212.84.117.150]) (authenticated bits=0) by unsane.co.uk (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l2UDZYGo029888 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:35:34 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Message-ID: <460D1220.1040906@unsane.co.uk> Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:35:28 +0100 From: Vince User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070327) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Emmanuel Mie References: <52854.80915.qm@web23305.mail.ird.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <52854.80915.qm@web23305.mail.ird.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Broadcom WLAN on HP dv9000 (re: Dell Inspiron 640m) 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: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:59:22 -0000 Emmanuel Mie wrote: > Hi, > > I have exactly the same problem on a Dell Inspiron 640m (proc : Core2Duo T5500). > > I downloaded the 32-bit windows drivers, converted it with ndisgen (following this tutorial (in French) http://oregnier.developpez.com/cours/unix/freebsd/wificard/?page=page_3#L3.2 ) > Ndisgen worked just fine, generating bcmwl5_sys.ko with no error at all. > > When I try to kldload it, I get a kernel panic and the same errors as "BSDUser", although I don't know how to redirect the output (kldload bcmwl5_sys.ko > logfile resulted in an empty file). > > I tried to kldload ndis and if_ndis before loading bcmwl5_sys.ko, same errors. > > Is there a way to get this device working on my computer, or should I switch back to some evil OS ;-) ? > The 640m I have uses the intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG which uses a driver in development here [http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/Wpi] and the Dell site still says it uses this chip (on the other hand their site says they have changed the graphics card since I got mine so it could well be different.) Vince > Regards, > E.Mie > > > --------------------------------- > Découvrez une nouvelle façon d'obtenir des réponses à toutes vos questions ! Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des expériences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/Réponses. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"