From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 4 00:48:46 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 320BA106564A for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2012 00:48:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from junkrigsailor@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f54.google.com (mail-pz0-f54.google.com [209.85.210.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 027868FC13 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2012 00:48:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by dakp5 with SMTP id p5so15600370dak.13 for ; Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:48:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=TSWzQrvQGIt9P4898+xcZMM+hWuyX5U53v852Zi2GrU=; b=rvvbPQdck4t6cpjjyTEQBzp+6IHqlTx8AtMNeWMBKY9fMAJTttpysDvD+ACgAfU/zO ZUTEL7/6tSqefPDORqnwgPKo3968jkHqkH6ZxNk6MUDV8g0TlnKL22G7aVUHNDHQRmVe misJCTaiSh5MUxsLWKfK/m3/U7wNzLNm6NsDs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.72.8 with SMTP id z8mr135406466pbu.111.1325638124007; Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:48:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.25.233 with HTTP; Tue, 3 Jan 2012 16:48:43 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F038F8F.3090701@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <4F02A3CE.7020404@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120103071028.4964dd33@scorpio> <4F030E00.5020806@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4F038F8F.3090701@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:48:43 -0600 Message-ID: From: Jeffrey McFadden To: Da Rock Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek RTL8191SEvB Linux driver? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:48:46 -0000 ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Da Rock < freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote: > On 01/04/12 02:10, Daniel Feenberg wrote: > >> >> >>> >> Don't ndis(4) ndiscvt and ndisgen(8) essentially accomplish what the OP >> is requesting? See the handbook section 12.8.1.1: >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_**US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/** >> config-network-setup.html >> >> or the man page for ndiscvt: >> >> http://www.gsp.com/cgi-bin/**man.cgi?section=8&topic=**ndiscvt >> >> >> While doing the conversion looks a bit beyond what we would expect of an >> end-user, it does seem to offer a path for using hardware whose >> manufacturer does not support FreeBSD. Is there anything beyond licensing >> issues preventing such drivers from being included in the distribution, or >> made downloadable in FreeBSD form? >> > Oh yes, it is possible, just not probable :) > > I had considered that aan answer, but the device is wifi and the firmware Excuse my ignorance (again) but what does this mean? "...the Firmware..." For now I have reverted this machine to Ubuntu; it's just a machine I set up for my wife to browse the net so she can keep her 30,000 pictures on a Windows box virus-free and it's too much hassle to have the belkin thingy sticking out the side trying to get knocked off. (Just as an aside I don't know why there seems to be so much resentment for Ubuntu here, it looks free and open to me, but what do I know?) Anyway, back to the point, I mostly started using PC-BSD because it's more secure than Windows, and because even at my age (retired) I can continue to learn something just for the fun of it, and because... well, it's difficult to express. I've messed with Linux on and off since Debian 1.2, then had to focus hard on Windows so I could get good enough at it to make a living as a Windows desktop tech in a nationwide health care company... now I find myself attracted to PC-BSD, which has the same stated intent, btw, as Ubuntu, to make a desktop that "ordinary users" (which just about defines me) can use. Excuse the blather. The point: Does anyone think it might be worth the effort to try to run ndisgen on the Windows drivers? makes it damn near impossible to use in this way. NDIS setup is less than > user friendly at the best of times without the additional hoops for the > firmware loading. I've tried it myself before. > ______________________________**_________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-**questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-** > unsubscribe@freebsd.org " >