From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 28 16:37:54 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 555A5106566B; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:37:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swhetzel@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA9598FC1D; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:37:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gya6 with SMTP id 6so1491848gya.13 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:37:53 -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 :content-transfer-encoding; bh=kc0p6NekBypnX4OZhr5eOLtUAOzMqzl+kuNjfZQBztY=; b=xfJhvp+ZeeDSOg3Z4d1UX4VsONSvvz1W1f2xHzx9Gjr2efXc6Au2Lg3OllIRElwNcD AMZ81mNr9FbuZHGgMjVZ5UmgJGE0OC1gtioUcBzurqyPxRUMxS+P/vWysaaJe4j8d/Jt yVeFBJQzpCLXpxsTGTYhU28hwvKPhAK+Qc5OY= 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:content-transfer-encoding; b=KJS+ZweWFof9im0agVryQk23/EvMOMg5j9yojX3NzWWlnpCWTnRA2NRFcnDqbYNPjL E6hQOZhhZsdrrADOu+didfv9nXBU9qQAKLoG/NAtbmTo+eSKTSdEU9BjrTUa9tYaFhEV iLbcSbVY6+pjpeGqMeOibGtd9TjDp5B4LzqLw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.181.211 with SMTP id n19mr3143098hbg.102.1288283872363; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:37:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.239.136.137 with HTTP; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:37:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20101028060610.GB1900@current.Sisis.de> References: <20101025080705.GA33315@current.Sisis.de> <20101028060610.GB1900@current.Sisis.de> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:37:52 -0500 Message-ID: From: Scot Hetzel To: Matthias Apitz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Alberto Villa , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Broadcom BCM4310 USB Controller (Wifi) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:37:54 -0000 On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:06 AM, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El d=EDa Wednesday, October 27, 2010 a las 12:12:09PM -0500, Scot Hetzel = escribi=F3: > >> > Where did you get your bcmwl5 driver? =A0If you downloaded it from Ace= r, >> > it should work. =A0If you downloaded it from anywhere else then this >> > might be why it didn't work for you. >> > >> >> Just noticed that you didn't specify your computer manufacture. =A0The >> above would only work for Matthias Apitz. >> >> You just need to download the driver from the manufacture of your comput= er. > > Why is this? Isn't it just the Wifi chip which matters? Could you sheet > a bit light on this? Thanks > When you get the Windows NDIS driver from the computer manufacture, you are ensured that your card is supported by that version of the driver. If you download the Windows NDIS driver from another source, that driver may not include support for your card as it might be an older version. Also, some versions of the Windows NDIS driver may use functions that are not currently implemented in the FreeBSD NDIS emulator. Scot