From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 26 10:49:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4559E16A4CE for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 10:49:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from mgr2.xmission.com (mgr2.xmission.com [198.60.22.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E799D43D1D for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 10:49:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from llewelly@xmission.com) Received: from [198.60.22.201] (helo=mgr1.xmission.com) by mgr2.xmission.com with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1AwQZo-0001sk-02 for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:49:40 -0700 Received: from [198.60.22.20] (helo=xmission.xmission.com) by mgr1.xmission.com with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AwQZn-00080e-So for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:49:39 -0700 Received: from llewelly by xmission.xmission.com with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AwQZn-0004Dd-00 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:49:39 -0700 To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org From: llewelly@xmission.com Date: 26 Feb 2004 11:49:39 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 51 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on mgr1.xmission.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=8.0 tests=NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: llewelly@xmission.com X-SA-Exim-Version: 3.1 (built Wed Aug 20 09:38:54 PDT 2003) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Subject: NICID, firmware, etc. X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 18:49:42 -0000 I have an 'Instant wireless' pc card, which FreeBSD 5.2 detects: wi0: at port 0x100-0x13f irq 11 function 0 config 1 on pccard0 wi0: 802.11 address: 00:06:25:51:ff:eb wi0: using RF:PRISM2 MAC:HFA3841 CARD:HWB3163 rev.A wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (0.3.0), Station (0.7.6) wi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0121; event status 0x8000 wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0121; event status 0x8000 wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x000a; event status 0x8000 wi0: failed to allocate 2372 bytes on NIC wi0: tx buffer allocation failed (error 12) wi0: interface not running wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear. wi0: init failed wi0: failed to allocate 2372 bytes on NIC wi0: tx buffer allocation failed (error 12) wi0: interface not running Despite the complaints, I can ifconfig it, and ping the IP address I give it from the box it's installed in. I don't know if it will talk to another card wirelessly, because I don't have any other (working) computers with wireless. I pulled this card out of a 3-year old linksys BEFW11S4 version 1, which will still route and switch, but can't seem to communicate wirelessly. When I put the 'instant wireless' prism2 card back in the linksys, I plug an actiontec prism2.5 card into my fbsd box and ifconfig it, but I get 'status: no carrier'. My actiontec works fine with a friend's laptop. (Sorry, I don't know what kind of wireless card he had, it 'just worked'.) I've already tried updating the firmware on the linksys, but that didn't fix anything. More, it did not update the firmware on the card. (the card has seperate firmware.) So my next try at fixing this piece of old hardware is going to be updating the card's firmware, and then plugging it back into into the box. However my only machine with a pc card slot has FreeBSD as its only installed OS, and I don't have space to install another OS. I've been reading http://linux.junsun.net/intersil-prism/ , which is naturally linux-centric, and it's been somewhat helpful, but I'm not running linux. (I would if I had space for it, but ...) So has anyone tried running the linux tools for updating the firmware under freeBSD's linux compatibility layer? I'm installing linux_base-8 for the first time as I send this.