From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 10 16:59:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DE1116A4CF; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 16:59:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from pd6mo3no.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo2no.cg.shawcable.net [64.59.134.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3216743D3F; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 16:59:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jamesearl@shaw.ca) Received: from pd6mr4no.prod.shaw.ca (pd6mr4no-qfe2.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.144.191]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HUD008Z8ZI88D@l-daemon>; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 17:46:56 -0700 (MST) Received: from shaw.ca ([10.0.145.132])2003)) with ESMTP id <0HUD006MPZI8P3@l-daemon>; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 17:46:56 -0700 (MST) Received: from [10.0.144.80] by pd7ims1.prod.shaw.ca (mshttpd); Wed, 10 Mar 2004 17:46:56 -0700 Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 17:46:56 -0700 From: James Earl To: wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG (Bill Paul) Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: iPlanet Messenger Express 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NDISulator results with MPI350 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:59:31 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG (Bill Paul) Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 2:20 pm Subject: Re: NDISulator results with MPI350 > > The following are some results from trying out the NDISulator > with an MPI350 MiniPCI card under 5.2.1-RELEASE and NDIS sources as > of 2004/03/09. I updated to the latest firmware and downloaded the > latest Windows drivers. > > > > Ok, people: do you have any idea how _unhelpful_ it is when all > you say is you have "the latest drivers?" You have, right in front > of you, the names of the files you downloaded, and even the version > numbers. Couldn't you just say what they are instead of forcing me > to play detective? Please don't assume that I'll be able to find > same "latest" files that you have. v1.2 (17 Nov 2003) Filename: Win-Client-802.11a-b-Ins-Wizard-v12.exe > > # sysctl debug.bootverbose=1 > > debug.bootverbose: 0 -> 1 > > # kldload if_ndis > > ndis0: port 0x8000- > 0x80ff mem 0xc040000 > > 0-0xc07fffff,0xc0200000-0xc0203fff irq 11 at device 2.0 on pci2 > > pcib2: device ndis0 requested decoded memory range 0xc0400000- > 0xc07fffff> pcib2: device ndis0 requested decoded memory range > 0xc0200000-0xc0203fff > > pcib2: device ndis0 requested decoded I/O range 0x8000-0x80ff > > can't re-use a leaf (NodeName)! > > can't re-use a leaf (InfrastructureMode)! > > can't re-use a leaf (PowerSaveMode)! > > can't re-use a leaf (SupportedRates)! > > can't re-use a leaf (SSID1)! > > ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.0 > > ndis0: 802.11 address: ac:e9:03:00:00:00 > > ndis0: couldn't retrieve channel info: 19 > > ndis0: bpf attached > > ndis0: bpf attached > > ndis0: 11b rates: > > Something is very wrong here. I really don't think ac:e9:03:00:00:00 > is a proper MAC address. Please take a step back and tell me just > which driver files you're trying to use. (Also, note that the surest > way to get a card working is for me to get my hands on one so that > I can debug the problems myself. It's almost impossible for anyone > to "help" me by offering to test patches since I have no idea what > to patch unless I have the thing in front of me.) > The MAC address was changing each time I loaded the if_ndis module. James