From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 28 03:05:07 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE32C16A4CE for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 03:05:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay13-f13.bay13.hotmail.com [64.4.31.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AA7943D49 for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 03:05:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from texas_consultant@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:05:07 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 67.10.73.69 by by13fd.bay13.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 03:05:06 GMT X-Originating-IP: [67.10.73.69] X-Originating-Email: [texas_consultant@hotmail.com] X-Sender: texas_consultant@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: <20050325171848.0476b7b5@localhost> From: "Texas Consultant" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 03:05:06 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Mar 2005 03:05:07.0278 (UTC) FILETIME=[F21D1EE0:01C53342] Subject: Re: NDIS installation problem with WMP54G v4 wireless card X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 03:05:07 -0000 Thank you for the excellent advice. I converted the .INF file to ASCII from UTF-8 (no error was given), re-ndiscvt'd and it works. Very happy now! >From: Fabian Keil >To: "Texas Consultant" >CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: NDIS installation problem with WMP54G v4 wireless card >Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 17:18:48 +0100 > >"Texas Consultant" wrote: > > > Just put together a new BSD 5.3 machine, and compiled NDIS for use with >a > > Linksys WMP54g v4 card; it's a wireless card that uses the Ralink RT2500 > > chipset. > > > > Everything works so far; major steps are: > > > > 1. make ndis > > 2. copy over NDIS driver files > > 3. make if_ndis > > 4. kldload ndis > > > > However, kldload if_ndis returns an error: > > > > /sbin/kldload -v /usr/src/sys/modules/if_ndis/if_ndis.ko > > kldload: can't load > > link_elf: symbol rt2500_sys_drv_data_start undefined > > /usr/src/sys/modules/if_ndis/if_ndis.ko: No such file or directory > > *** Error code 1 > > > > Stop in /usr/src/sys/modules/if_ndis. > >I had a similar problem after updating from 5.3 to 5.4-PRERELEASE. >I rebuilded if_ndis, but forgot to first recreate ndis_driver_data.h. > >After rebuilding ndis_driver_data.h with the right sources it worked again. > >Could your sources by out of sync with the system? > >Fabian >-- >http://www.fabiankeil.de