Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:05:26 -0500 (EST) From: Matthew David Parker <matparke@cs.indiana.edu> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell 1450 usb wireless card w/ FreeBSD 6.0 Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0512151603110.14720@whale.cs.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <43A1CFA7.1090201@centtech.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0512151501140.8903@whale.cs.indiana.edu> <43A1CFA7.1090201@centtech.com>
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I can't seem to kldunload ugen. it's not listed in kldstat, neither when the card is plugged in nor when it's unplugged. I read something that I have to insert the ID of the card into a usb ethernet driver? I'll try editing /etc/devd.conf but I don't know what I"m doing. On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Eric Anderson wrote: > Matthew David Parker wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I'm trying to get a 1450 Dell wireless usb card working here in FreeBSD > >6.0. I opened up the card casing and the chips inside say "conexant", and > >it's some sort of prism2. > > > >I couldn't find any drivers to use that were native to freeBSD so I tried > >to do the NDISulator. I did ndisgen on my inf and sys files and it seemed > >to work perfectly, generating a file named PRISMA02_sys.ko, which I put > >into /boot/kernel. > > > >So I plugged the card into the USB slot and here is the dmesg: > > > >ugen0: DELL Dell Wireless 1450 Dual-band (802.11a/b/g) USB 2.0 Adapter, > >rev 2.00/10.50, addr 2 > > > >Then I did: > >kldload ndis > > > >which loaded if_ndis as well: > >kldstat: > > 4 2 0xc0e0b000 c960 if_ndis.ko > > 5 3 0xc0e18000 173c4 ndis.ko > > > >Then I did: > >kldload PRISMA02_sys.ko > > > >It loads the module but doesn't say anything, no errors, nothing. > > > >kldstat has this new line: > > 7 1 0xc243f000 59000 PRISMA02_sys.ko > > > >The little lights on my wireless card don't turn on, and there is > >absoletely nothing new added to dmesg, nor is there any new device added > >when I do "ifconfig". > > > >Am I missing something here? Do I have to compile the module specifically > >for USB? Do I have to manually create a device in /dev ? > > > > > > You may try unplugging it, kldunloading ugen, then plugging it back in. > If you have ugen compiled into your kernel, I suppose you could edit > devd.conf to not act on the adapter. > > Eric > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology > Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >
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