Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:39:37 +0900 From: Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.jeong@gmail.com> To: "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT/CFR: NDIS(4) USB support Message-ID: <20080728033937.GB38346@freebsd.weongyo.org> In-Reply-To: <3a142e750807271400w29faa66em23964ae662623326@mail.gmail.com> References: <20080724120210.GA38346@freebsd.weongyo.org> <3a142e750807271400w29faa66em23964ae662623326@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 11:00:09PM +0200, Paul B. Mahol wrote: > 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. > > Great. What about making ndis module not depends on usb/pccard ie. not > loading usb kernel module when ndis/if_ndis are being loaded? It's a good point. AFAIK it's inevitable currently and looks it's related with the structure of if_ndis module. I think we need some #ifdef and Makefile flags to do this. I'd try to apply it into HEAD. regards, Weongyo Jeong
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