From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 25 09:00:53 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 612F51065670 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:00:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8D058FC14 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:00:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwb24 with SMTP id 24so3015280wwb.31 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:00:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=NTURefJlPxK0t6abQqurgPle5jQztiIB+oFFVnY0Li8=; b=FIHQl8QIhby4jdqI0gfaX8USJbcbl/mct4I29sgf+Q4wr1gn6YjZI0RPEIjCGAfCkO 3t6Ce/R4py4Hx8TkcS71ctplzzDKxDhFNeNlzHEnyorCQAJmvpnH0eblJ5euUFK/CWsO BvydyBc5ECAz0lgAlir6ax/z4WJXlet/zbAhY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=scBSj0HfnrjIFtStwfeXAT+4WdQ+TKInZPWTHlmEiCplIqoAaXHhMwGDiq4yZ+uNjk QS8AU4O4DD0hHqO3dTlJUsE73vQ1Qz5PsGjLVqjeLwt2TqyNudvbLojU4Q+bEWlTx5QL dqjoMftbvxVpHqWmU6Fv2WH+zrK8i0vZw+sHA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.127.210 with SMTP id h18mr6147874wbs.139.1287997251412; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:00:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.50.140 with HTTP; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:00:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20101025083907.GA65161@current.Sisis.de> References: <20101025065706.GA82669@current.Sisis.de> <20101025081558.GA37528@current.Sisis.de> <20101025083907.GA65161@current.Sisis.de> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:00:51 +0000 Message-ID: From: Paul B Mahol To: Matthias Apitz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Wifi adapter (Atheros) 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: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:00:53 -0000 On 10/25/10, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El dia Monday, October 25, 2010 a las 08:28:34AM +0000, Paul B Mahol > escribio: > >> >> > I've tried as well the ndisgen(8) way based on the XP driver with no >> >> > luck. >> >> >> >> And you reported bug? >> > >> > No. I have no problem with filing a bug report, but I was unsure if this >> > makes sense because we are talking (at least in parts) about Windows >> > software. Should I? >> >> If you tell me what you did and what did not work I could help you. > > Thanks for your kind offer. > > The laptop comes with Windows7 pre-installed and I've pulled out the > files: > > BCMWL6.SYS > netbc6.inf > > I run > > $ ndisgen netbc6.inf BCMWL6.SYS > > and it created the module BCMWL6_SYS.ko; and in addition I created > bwi_v3_ucode.ko from the ports (don't know if this is also required for > the ndis based driver). It is not required for ndis miniport driver. > > Both get loaded on boot but the interface ndis0 does not show up and > pciconf(8) shows the device without attached driver. > > The same is true when I use an older (2006) bcmwl5.* from XP. I don't > have netbc6.inf BCMWL6.SYS for XP. Maybe this is the main fault... As name suggest "6" means it use NDIS 6 API, NDISulator supports 5.1 and not 6 or higher. Adding support for 6 API is in very early (planning) stage. When you load bcwml5 driver what is displayed on console? > > I'm missing something? > > Thanks again > > matthias > > -- > Matthias Apitz > t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 > e - w http://www.unixarea.de/ >