From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 9 22:29:57 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 28FFF16A41B for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 22:29:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9B2A13C45D for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 22:29:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from trouble.errno.com (trouble.errno.com [10.0.0.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id m19MTtlJ070831 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 9 Feb 2008 14:29:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <47AE2963.9000907@errno.com> Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:29:55 -0800 From: Sam Leffler User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nikolay Vernyayev References: <200802090944.m199iO3W001888@omval.tednet.nl> <209bd33f0802091331y525737f1j15735cdbe2608f05@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <209bd33f0802091331y525737f1j15735cdbe2608f05@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DCC-SIHOPE-DCC-3-Metrics: ebb.errno.com; whitelist Cc: Ted Lindgreen , 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 22:29:57 -0000 Ask sephe about his bwi driver. Sam Nikolay Vernyayev wrote: > 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >