Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:29:08 -0600 From: "Scot Hetzel" <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: "Peter Jeremy" <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP Pavilion DV6110us notebook install problems Message-ID: <790a9fff0612300629h1a294d4hcb943fcd65bd5f2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20061230072952.GE45526@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <F2BFDD365DA00E40B88D14C0909203D1A8C5C1@iu-mssg-mbx104.ads.iu.edu> <20061230072952.GE45526@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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On 12/30/06, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> wrote: > >(vi) No trace of the wlan - everything related to atheros > >compiled into a costum kernel > > You have a Broadcom chipset. As Scot pointed out, you will need to > use NDIS with a Windows driver. I suspect the drivers he pointed you > to are 32-bit. If you're running an amd64 kernel, you will need a > Windows-64 driver - and they are rarer. AFAIK, HP don't support > Win64 so you probably won't find them on the HP site. Broadcom won't > support end-users - they expect you to go to your vendor for support. > The drivers I have originated from Toshiba. > The sp34152.exe driver file from HP contains the driver for Win64 and Win32. I also verified that the Win64 bit driver will build and detect my Broadcom Adapter on a Pavillion dv8000 system that is using -CURRENT. Scot -- DISCLAIMER: No electrons were mamed while sending this message. Only slightly bruised.
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