Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:54:10 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: gcorcoran@rcn.com Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atheros card in HP Pavilion dv5000 Message-ID: <20070118.215410.-1894453919.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <45B042E3.4090205@rcn.com> References: <20070118.193237.1656127714.imp@bsdimp.com> <45B042E3.4090205@rcn.com>
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Gary Corcoran <gcorcoran@rcn.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
:
: Just out of curiosity...
:
: Did your HP notebook really come with a _Dell_ wireless card in it?
: ;-)
No. That's just pciconf -lv's idea of what it is... My guess is that
it is an OEM card that somehow attracted Dell's name to it in the
database...
Warner
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