From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Thu Aug 13 07:07:28 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD56299F2AD for ; Thu, 13 Aug 2015 07:07:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glebius@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cell.glebius.int.ru (glebius.int.ru [81.19.69.10]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "cell.glebius.int.ru", Issuer "cell.glebius.int.ru" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4743C880 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 2015 07:07:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glebius@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cell.glebius.int.ru (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cell.glebius.int.ru (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id t7D77EM3094844 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 13 Aug 2015 10:07:14 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from glebius@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from glebius@localhost) by cell.glebius.int.ru (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id t7D77ECc094843; Thu, 13 Aug 2015 10:07:14 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from glebius@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: cell.glebius.int.ru: glebius set sender to glebius@FreeBSD.org using -f Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 10:07:14 +0300 From: Gleb Smirnoff To: Thomas Mueller Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT: ndis(4) testers needed! Message-ID: <20150813070713.GE75813@glebius.int.ru> References: <20150731121226.GJ889@FreeBSD.org> <776723.76234.bm@smtp117.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <20150804100746.GA889@FreeBSD.org> <20150804141722.GC889@glebius.int.ru> <475378.72622.bm@smtp114.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <20150810135342.GE75813@glebius.int.ru> <440587.15615.bm@smtp111.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <440587.15615.bm@smtp111.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 07:07:28 -0000 Thomas, On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 08:16:12PM -0700, Thomas Mueller wrote: T> GENERIB differs from GENERIC by eliminating some old devices like SCSI cards and ISA EThernet cards, but I add some wi-fi drivers like urtw, urtwn and rsu. T> T> Using the main custom kernel, I was able to build an ndis module from the WinX64 drivers net8192su.inf, rtl8192su.sys and net8192su.cat, but when I tried to ifconfig, the device ndis, ndis0, rtl8192su, rtl8192su0, were not recognized. T> T> Being in FreeBSD-current amd64, I used 64-bit WinXP (WinX64); there were also drivers for Win 32-bit, for 2000, XP, Vista and 7, all offered in both 32-bit and 64-bit, except Win 2000, 32-bit only. T> T> Hiro USB wireless adapter is H50191, their website is www.hiroinc.com . T> T> I wonder if I could have missed a firmware file but couldn't find it in the directory structure (maybe net8192su.cat ?). T> T> Thinking I might have used the wrong syntax with ifconfig, I tried again with rsu0 instead of ndis0 or other failed attempts, and was successful connecting to Internet. AFAIU, if you got rsu(4) driver in your kernel it will attach to the hardware, and the ndis(4) driver won't be able to. Have you tried to used ndis(4) before on an unpatched vanilla FreeBSD? -- Totus tuus, Glebius.