From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 3 18:03:56 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 329E0FB for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2013 18:03:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chmeeedalf@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vb0-f51.google.com (mail-vb0-f51.google.com [209.85.212.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E787D8A6 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2013 18:03:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vb0-f51.google.com with SMTP id fq11so15847978vbb.10 for ; Thu, 03 Jan 2013 10:03:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=h6dslPzCBK51SkzLvLoe6I19fPrSp+z9i5hP73qn69k=; b=N2wWH/h6iUUXKbP4ZXYLvMyHXVYVjDT7QpWe5MbcBJkDqkcyLB7VkIkhRwgdyD8zyd vZ3dkMK/ySYwyeMHvSa3CRaJT/UsvIHt2Rq81nAqF1S1cbJ/yvqiS19T3zGwe8qWaEP/ 7LuT1eRS3S5vwH/p9Wo5i9T1YfKeCEKoxLouArkWI8taI7aZFxl0feghCLxFxattOzu0 SLFsbasg8yw5cU7AxNsNgJFzqRyfCw+ND34bVEIkYwE17fPISJ5B+EklGTkAUCAyykXS biM6KAHPAJcy4tbhBPpjhiUoZw70qPw5x+KLKjvAd0b10QDt/XFn7SMdoenoX/FUG+3K VoUA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.221.10.6 with SMTP id oy6mr71922825vcb.65.1357236229648; Thu, 03 Jan 2013 10:03:49 -0800 (PST) Sender: chmeeedalf@gmail.com Received: by 10.58.213.74 with HTTP; Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:03:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.58.213.74 with HTTP; Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:03:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <3BD09A38-2C1F-4713-86A7-E8E86D6AA5C8@gmail.com> References: <3BD09A38-2C1F-4713-86A7-E8E86D6AA5C8@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 13:03:49 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: j3Fpq5AjlPOPZJdzKFI2WDUTIWY Message-ID: Subject: Re: iBook G3/800 Airport wireless support? From: Justin Hibbits To: Odd-Jarle Kristoffersen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:03:56 -0000 (writing from my phone, as I'm in the process of moving) The original Airport card in your iBook uses the if_wi driver. However there are a couple problems right now. The most obvious is that there is currently no attachment for the driver for the Macio bus. You can search this list archives for a patch I made in 2011, but the other problem that you will run into is the if_wi driver is just broken. There are discussions about this on FreeBSD-wireless that you can search for. -Justin On Jan 3, 2013 4:36 AM, "Odd-Jarle Kristoffersen" wrote: > > I received a tip to post my question to this mailing list, so here we go. > > I have an iBook G3/800 dual-USB which I have installed FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE onto. However I am unable to find the wireless network card. This is a basic Airport card connected to the original pccard / PCMCIA slot, not the Extreme edition. The card works well with Mac OS X 10.4. > > I've tried the bwi driver but no card shows up. > > Added the following to /boot/loader.conf > > if_bwi_load="YES" > wlan_load="YES" > wlan_wep_load="YES" > wlan_ccmp_load="YES" > wlan_tkip_load="YES" > wlan_amrr_load="YES" > > Then I also tried the instructions in the handbook > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html > > but no wireless adapter shows up in dmesg > > Googling a bit I find some references to if_wi and a "man if_wi" seems promising since I don't have the Express card, but just the PCMCIA AirPort card which I understand is a rebranded Lucent card or something. > > However I have no if_wi.ko module. Does the powerpc branch support PCMCIA/PCCARD at all? Is the if_wi replaced by if_bwi with no support for the "simple" Airport card? > > pciconf -lv does not show any network devices except for the built-in ethernet port (UniNorth/Pangea GMAC (Sun GEM). > > Thanks for any input on the matter. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"