From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 9 21:31:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7092616A41A for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 21:31:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nikolay.vernyayev@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B7A113C448 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 21:31:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nikolay.vernyayev@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u52so6065530pyb.10 for ; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:31:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=AuqdK4WpdLEOFx6w+gD7Kgn9PhO3OB8lLYBaS1i1s2g=; b=lJTQ4nEXtRC9ZH2e7VZusCKSD/koBMIOIzth2QdIJAv+yfGvRkRgtjsh+49HICgYoyOcDec19cQmgr4PRB3loXn3oYjTLMCJ6Ox0p2Km73ToTmdPnOIp6+wCGr2LvXOAmBTvdWJWAgpq18t0XVNDGgbI3IYt6dB+uI0dQ728gdo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=aaU7ejaoahXZ3Xkutu2NECG8xUrXhUTI2knFx9u+Pzjur8ScKcONk5trBwUqvxg8XVXO8tkG3/RnOq2b3x0i5Lr2Ku9BERP0hi27dGcnb/j/Dg8lbAAfqfgmrHPoXU07W1onujcAFEuJrTjXFtxXuBghAFi+zs/h6XggqflAmAE= Received: by 10.142.171.6 with SMTP id t6mr7624252wfe.44.1202592672881; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:31:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.143.44.18 with HTTP; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 13:31:12 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <209bd33f0802091331y525737f1j15735cdbe2608f05@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 16:31:12 -0500 From: "Nikolay Vernyayev" To: "Ted Lindgreen" In-Reply-To: <200802090944.m199iO3W001888@omval.tednet.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <200802090944.m199iO3W001888@omval.tednet.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Old story: BCM43xx ver.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:31:14 -0000 Hi Ted, Thank you. I have done before ndis utilization for this, but... hmmm... It is not really what I wanted. Idea is to find/make kernel based driver/module (similar to related Linux project). This is part of requirements for one of my projects. BR, Nikolay Vernyayev I am blogging here: On Feb 9, 2008 4:44 AM, Ted Lindgreen wrote: > [Quoting Nikolay Vernyayev, on Feb 9, 10:18, in "Old story: BCM43xx v > ..."] > ... > > none0@pci0:6:0: class=0x028000 card=0x000617f9 chip=0x431814e4 rev=0x02 > > hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > > device = 'BCM43XX Broadcom 802.11b/g' > > class = network > > Hi, > > My 2-year old Acer 3623 laptop has a similar wireless interface: > ndis0@pci0:6:5:0: class=0x028000 card=0x03121468 chip=0x431814e4 > rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > device = 'BCM43XX Broadcom 802.11b/g' > class = network > > The laptop runs FreeBSD-current since I bought it, and is weekly > updated. The Broadcom wireless card has run fine under ndis, on > FreeBSD 6, 7, and now 8. > > However, make sure that you use the right BCMWL5.SYS and BCMWL5.INF > files. I had first tried versions of these files downloaded from > various places without success. Using the files from the Windows > partition on the same laptop (in /mnt/dos/WINDOWS/Lan on my Acer), > it works flawlessly. Appearently there are subtile differences in > the versions of this card that are used in laptops of various > vendors. > > regards, > -- ted >