From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 4 11:47:05 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 295FFB23 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 11:47:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gamuso@gmail.com) Received: from mail-la0-f50.google.com (mail-la0-f50.google.com [209.85.215.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB8F3DE3 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 11:47:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f50.google.com with SMTP id fs13so9343700lab.23 for ; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 03:46:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:from:content-type:message-id:mime-version:subject:date :references:to:in-reply-to:x-mailer; bh=6qnaucWuIkjL5YpvpfjMz/zVJjq+1KFjNZ/XTiZv9fU=; b=jFvVlXpJxYTGHfsPmU1Bv6hWwaR5uCudTSD8Utk3qJuV6KhYz04NOfp04jTIUNo5ab vLnuqz7aTDnHmouLei6iaiwsrpJnWic6qDkyjHZz154qu876706QgB8tZSXEjXwfQJ9J Y/AqtIelMEmc34F6Y/ze8uWWat/oxUCcSjy2/SiIuz1Z6w66xTvmg39OjHXwnF98Jr+O e4buEXJktaW2VV7kQHIdEcULIF3VBnZIJE07oDC0YWcH7StiskAevqC+zPHHJkX8+Aya 8ceh9zDHJ0atmh4AFnMHBFe/i20yZQ7ydwoNDNa2Id0eXTRCkZqDCEoGKKqy5nRvu1VX wsRA== X-Received: by 10.152.121.212 with SMTP id lm20mr49009136lab.42.1357300018386; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 03:46:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from [172.16.1.12] (ti0057a380-dhcp0301.bb.online.no. [80.213.137.46]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id mb2sm1569075lab.7.2013.01.04.03.46.56 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 04 Jan 2013 03:46:57 -0800 (PST) From: Odd-Jarle Kristoffersen Message-Id: <4BDC5350-80E9-4798-AEFB-CF971999E7BB@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) Subject: Re: iBook G3/800 Airport wireless support? Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 12:46:55 +0100 References: <3BD09A38-2C1F-4713-86A7-E8E86D6AA5C8@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD PowerPC ML In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 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: Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:47:05 -0000 Thanks Justin That explains quite a bit. I guess I am better of using my time on = something else :) Not sure what I was going to use this machine for = anyways. It's getting old so I might just as well find some newer and = better hardware to play with. Thanks again for helping! And good luck with the move. 3. jan. 2013 kl. 19:03 skrev Justin Hibbits : > (writing from my phone, as I'm in the process of moving) >=20 > 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. >=20 > -Justin >=20 > 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=3D"YES" > > wlan_load=3D"YES" > > wlan_wep_load=3D"YES" > > wlan_ccmp_load=3D"YES" > > wlan_tkip_load=3D"YES" > > wlan_amrr_load=3D"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"