From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 19 14:33:59 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 263A3E51; Sun, 19 Oct 2014 14:33:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de [130.133.4.66]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A46B4CCB; Sun, 19 Oct 2014 14:33:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de ([130.133.4.69]) by outpost.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.82) with esmtp (envelope-from ) id <1XfrVD-001NIV-RL>; Sun, 19 Oct 2014 16:30:35 +0200 Received: from e179170248.adsl.alicedsl.de ([85.179.170.248] helo=thor.walstatt.dynvpn.de) by inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.82) with esmtpsa (envelope-from ) id <1XfrVD-001ASz-NX>; Sun, 19 Oct 2014 16:30:35 +0200 Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 16:30:29 +0200 From: "O. Hartmann" To: Warren Block Subject: Re: WiFi 802.11/ac PCIe supported adaptor Message-ID: <20141019163029.00b0f1c4.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: References: <20140927143830.1d25968f.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20140927222208.GA20243@e-new.0x20.net> <20140928080643.1b5c991b.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <5427A8C5.1010703@freebsd.org> <20140928113510.452dc9f0.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Organization: FU Berlin X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.10.1 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd11.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/UMxg.5N5V2FdhY+2F34KoWh"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Originating-IP: 85.179.170.248 X-ZEDAT-Hint: A Cc: Gavin Atkinson , FreeBSD Current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 14:33:59 -0000 --Sig_/UMxg.5N5V2FdhY+2F34KoWh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am Sun, 28 Sep 2014 14:50:02 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block schrieb: > On Sun, 28 Sep 2014, Gavin Atkinson wrote: > > On Sun, 28 Sep 2014, O. Hartmann wrote: > >> Networking wasn't an issue for me for years, but now, sitting on a pil= e of neat new > >> hardware of which FreeBSD can not make any serious use, let me rethink= . Luckily, The > >> Lenovo laptops have a mini PCIe WiFi NIC - if I'm willing to follow Fr= eeBSDs agony > >> I'm able to swap the NIC with a piece of hardware that is supported. B= ut it is > >> additional > > > > Unfortunately, many Lenovo laptops lock the BIOS down in such a way that > > they won't boot without the NIC they were shipped with :( Yes, I realized this very sadly today. Intel 6300 WiFi adapter isn't recogn= ized, the crap of Laptop rejects starting firmware and I get a message telling me using un= certified hardware. Last time I bought a Laptop from Lenovo! >=20 > Well, or a short list of approved Lenovo-branded cards. In the past,=20 > Lenovo (or IBM) has supplied Atheros cards. The trick will be finding=20 > that list and identifying the chipsets on each. There are also=20 > unofficial BIOS modifications to remove the limits. There are lists, but they are outdated and newer chipsets aren't listed.=20 There are also some bad hacks changing the PCI ID of the new mini PCIe card= to be recognized by the EFI, but this seems to be very, very difficult to me. The notebook is now running Ubuntu 14.04. WiFi is recognized by the Linux n= atively as well as I can use the nVidia graphics of the notebook. Also the built-in Re= altek NIC, which doesn't work properly even under FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT as of Friday la= st week (the NIC is down until it is switched off and on manually), is working as expect= ed. --Sig_/UMxg.5N5V2FdhY+2F34KoWh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUQ8sLAAoJEOgBcD7A/5N8I4IH/RYwkakF/AolWAtmCpUlZzbS mIqyJUw5IaHatg6cQ4Rgwk1ILCqGNbisy4hAutyUSkvW95OyXl2xLq054vFnbh5U z8f8DN2i4tM43AdXqarqbdi7n7YN5OF8Bz27UYXFrKvvWjwizHKGdLFhkalJ+6yA +sFeHlOEP7Jr7hrsp0sexviEhcDXYOW71vME165yIHHzj6+ZwbBb+3brZDyH4ega qxxjvSAZslWRxGdu01Xx6EG1HjUUBzWG/5PqwGEwjvmUUn/zfKDAL9j3yxeO7rY8 f2qjeN8iQ99LlSAfSEI8PpcqjuA810ncOd/Bnb78ZHTrOAlZlV+5eGWItqjHR8k= =OPmJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/UMxg.5N5V2FdhY+2F34KoWh--