Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:02:42 -0600 (CST) From: Scott Bennett <bennett@cs.niu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: NDIS gets error with Dell/Broadcom wireless card Message-ID: <200501262202.j0QM2gT7005980@mp.cs.niu.edu>
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I'm trying to get wireless connectivity on a Dell Inspiron XPS using
a Dell 1450 [actually Broadcom] dual-band wireless card by using the NDIS
facility in 5.3. Everything *appears* to have compiled and installed okay,
but after the root file system is mounted after a boot, I get the following:
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a
ndis0: <Dell TrueMobile 1400 Dual Band WLAN Mini-PCI Card> mem 0xfafec000-0xfafedfff irq 17 at device 3.0 on pci2
ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.0
ndis0: NDIS ERROR: c000138d (unknown error)
ndis0: NDIS NUMERRORS: 1
ndis0: argptr: 0x103
ndis0: init handler failed
device_attach: ndis0 attach returned 6
I do have pccard_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf. The handbook says,
"Note: Some Windows drivers require additional files to operate. You
may include them with ndiscvt by using the -f option. Consult the
ndiscvt(8) manual page for more information."
There are many other files and subdirectories in the Windows XP directory
from which I lifted the bcmwl5.{inf,sys} files. Are the error messages
above suggesting that I should have included any others among those files?
Or is that not the problem? Any clues to help get this working will be
appreciated.
Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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