Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:37:50 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: sam@errno.com Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atheros card in HP Pavilion dv5000 Message-ID: <20070118.203750.-490997274.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <45B03867.60607@errno.com> References: <20070118.193237.1656127714.imp@bsdimp.com> <45B03867.60607@errno.com>
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Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> writes:
: M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > What do I need to do to get around the ***STUPID*** bios restriction
: > that is in my HP Pavilion dv5000? I have a broadcom unit:
: >
: > none3@pci6:2:0: class=0x028000 card=0x1358103c chip=0x431914e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
: > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
: > device = 'Dell Wireless 1470 DualBand WLAN'
: > class = network
: >
: > but there's no driver for it. I have an atheros minipci card, but
: > when I put it into the laptop, I get "unsupported wireless card
: > detected" message.
: >
: > How can I install the atheros card and have it work?
:
: Set the pci device id in the card eeprom to something the bios will
: accept. Then wack the driver to accept that id and map it to the
: appropriate Atheros device id for use within the driver. google is your
: friend here.
Google is indeed. Thanks for the key (hack the eeprom) element.
Warner
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