From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 3 07:06:05 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC4E816A4CE for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 07:06:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mp.cs.niu.edu (mp.cs.niu.edu [131.156.145.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39E8643D54 for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 07:06:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bennett@cs.niu.edu) Received: from mp.cs.niu.edu (bennett@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mp.cs.niu.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4/d) with ESMTP id j3375xWT020822; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 01:05:59 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 01:05:59 -0600 (CST) From: Scott Bennett Message-Id: <200504030705.j3375x9E020821@mp.cs.niu.edu> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org cc: Stefan Bauer Subject: Re: NDIS with Dell 1450 Dual-Band wireless card X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 07:06:05 -0000 On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:19:15 +0200 Stefan Bauer wrote: >Scott Bennett schrieb: > >> I've made no further progress on the matter since then, but would still >>very much like to get it working. If anyone can suggest what to do about it, >>I'd be very grateful. >> >> >load ndis and if_ndis with bootloader on startup: > >edit /etc/loader.conf Stefan later corrected the above line to say "edit /boot/loader.conf". > >and add the two lines below: > >ndis_load="YES" >if_ndis_load="YES" > > >then do a reboot and kldunload followed by a kldload and it should be work. > Okay. I've now tried that and gotten the same result. Or more exactly, I get the same messages at two different times during the startup. Any further suggestions of things to try would be welcome. Also, an explanation of what the error messages mean would be helpful, if anyone reading this knows. The message sequence again is: SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched! Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a ndis0: mem 0xfafec000-0xfafedfff irq 17 at device 3.0 on pci2 ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.0 ndis0: NDIS ERROR: c000138d (unknown error) ndis0: NDIS NUMERRORS: 1 ndis0: argptr: 0x103 ndis0: init handler failed device_attach: ndis0 attach returned 6 Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * **********************************************************************