Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:19:12 -0500 From: Nikolay Vernyayev <nikolay.vernyayev@gmail.com> To: Sepherosa Ziehau <sepherosa@gmail.com>, Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> Cc: Ted Lindgreen <ted@tednet.nl>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Old story: BCM43xx ver.2 Message-ID: <200802111119.13281.nikolay.vernyayev@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47AE2963.9000907@errno.com> References: <200802090944.m199iO3W001888@omval.tednet.nl> <209bd33f0802091331y525737f1j15735cdbe2608f05@mail.gmail.com> <47AE2963.9000907@errno.com>
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Sam, thanks. Hi Sephe! Sorry for inconvinience, I really need to move bwirf.c to be working in FreeBSD 6.3 (not in Dragon Fly). May I, should I? BR, Nikolay Vernyayev I am blogging here: http://nicoec.blogspot.com/ On Saturday 09 February 2008 17:29:55 Sam Leffler wrote: > Ask sephe about his bwi driver. > > Sam > > Nikolay Vernyayev wrote: > > Hi Ted, > > > > Thank you. > > I have done before ndis utilization for this, but... hmmm... It is not > > really what I wanted. > > > > Idea is to find/make kernel based driver/module (similar to related Linux > > project). This is part of requirements for one of my projects. > > > > BR, > > Nikolay Vernyayev > > I am blogging here: > > > > On Feb 9, 2008 4:44 AM, Ted Lindgreen <ted@tednet.nl> wrote: > > > > > >> [Quoting Nikolay Vernyayev, on Feb 9, 10:18, in "Old story: BCM43xx v > >> ..."] > >> ... > >> > >>> none0@pci0:6:0: class=0x028000 card=0x000617f9 chip=0x431814e4 rev=0x02 > >>> hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > >>> device = 'BCM43XX Broadcom 802.11b/g' > >>> class = network > >>> > >> Hi, > >> > >> My 2-year old Acer 3623 laptop has a similar wireless interface: > >> ndis0@pci0:6:5:0: class=0x028000 card=0x03121468 chip=0x431814e4 > >> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 > >> vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > >> device = 'BCM43XX Broadcom 802.11b/g' > >> class = network > >> > >> The laptop runs FreeBSD-current since I bought it, and is weekly > >> updated. The Broadcom wireless card has run fine under ndis, on > >> FreeBSD 6, 7, and now 8. > >> > >> However, make sure that you use the right BCMWL5.SYS and BCMWL5.INF > >> files. I had first tried versions of these files downloaded from > >> various places without success. Using the files from the Windows > >> partition on the same laptop (in /mnt/dos/WINDOWS/Lan on my Acer), > >> it works flawlessly. Appearently there are subtile differences in > >> the versions of this card that are used in laptops of various > >> vendors. > >> > >> regards, > >> -- ted > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > > > > > > > >
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