Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:00:09 +0200 From: "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT/CFR: NDIS(4) USB support Message-ID: <3a142e750807271400w29faa66em23964ae662623326@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080724120210.GA38346@freebsd.weongyo.org> References: <20080724120210.GA38346@freebsd.weongyo.org>
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On 7/24/08, Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.jeong@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello All, > > It looks that NDIS USB support works for some USB wireless drivers so > I'd like to call for tests to everyone who interested in NDIS for > FreeBSD. I have 7 USB wireless adapters and with current NDIS USB > support 4 of 7 adapters are supported. The detail is as follows: > > Working: > U-Khan UW-2054i (Marvell Libertas chipset) > Netgear WG111v2 (Intersil/Prism chipset) - supported by upgt(4) > EFM-IPTIME G054U2 (Ralink RT2573) - supported by rum(4) > ZCOM XM-142 (Intersil/Prism chipset, another revision) > > Not working: > Unicorn WL-54G (ZyDAS zd1211b chipset) - supported by zyd(4) > Attaching is working sucessfully and LED works fine but it's not > UPed. > Zyxel G-200v2 (ZyDAS zd1211 chipset) - supported by zyd(4) > The sympotom is same with Unicorn WL-54G. > SMCWUSBT-G-CA EZ 108Mbps (Atheros chipset) > This NDIS driver uses some functions which aren't supported by > current NDIS implementation. So I can't test it now. > > The patch for HEAD can be found at: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~weongyo/patch_ndisusb_20080724.diff > > When you try to test this patch, you should make sure that ndiscvt(8) > is updated. Some instructions like below could be helpful: > > # cd /usr/src > # patch -p0 < ~/patch_ndisusb_20080724.diff > # cd usr.sbin/ndiscvt > # make && make install > # cd ~/ > # ndisgen ABC.inf ABC.sys > # cd /usr/src/sys/modules/ndis > # make > # kldload ./ndis.ko > # cd /usr/src/sys/modules/if_ndis > # make > # kldload ./if_ndis.ko > # kldload ~/ABC_sys.ko > > It seems that the current status of NDIS USB support is beta status so > I'm not sure I've implemented all features yet that it needs more > debugging and stability. I don't have all H/Ws for testing! :) > Please tell me if you were successful or you failed though it looks > it's not easy to debug NDIS .sys binary using disassembler. > > Any help and comments are welcome. Thanks. > > regards, > Weongyo Jeong > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Great. What about making ndis module not depends on usb/pccard ie. not loading usb kernel module when ndis/if_ndis are being loaded?
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