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Subject: kern/26800: support for Netgear MA-301 wireless 
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>Number:         26800
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       Support for Netgear MA-301 wireless
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Apr 23 11:10:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Kenneth P. Stox
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
Imaginary Landscape, LLC.
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD stox.sa.enteract.com 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #22: Sun Apr 22 11:56:59 CDT 2001 root@stox.sa.enteract.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/CORNELIUS i386

>Description:

	Currently FreeBSD does not support the Netgear MA-301 wireless 
interface. The MA-301 is a PCI card which a MA-401 PCCARD may be plugged into.

>How-To-Repeat:
	Plug a MA-301 into a FreeBSD machine, it will not be properly 
recognized. The system sees it as a unrecognized PCI network device.

>Fix:

	The MA-301 is a PRISM2 based interface. If the following defines in 
src/sys/dev/wi/if_wireg.h are changed, the interface appears to work fine:

#define WI_PCI_VENDOR_EUMITCOM          0x1638
#define WI_PCI_DEVICE_PRISM2STA         0x1100

to

#define WI_PCI_VENDOR_EUMITCOM          0x1385
#define WI_PCI_DEVICE_PRISM2STA         0x4100

Obviously, this is a gross hack. The "real" solution would probably adding a 
case for a new define WI_PCI_VENDOR_NETGEAR, but I am concerned with the
difference in WI_PCI_DEVICE_PRISM2STA. This is probably due to my own ignorance
and lack of experience with this chipset and wireless interfaces. The hack does
appear to work perfectly, and I am now happily enjoying wireless support. BTW,
the MA-401 is supported without changes on my laptop. 
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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