From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 6 07:00:11 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E912616A41F for ; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 07:00:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from drblast@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E9A043D48 for ; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 07:00:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from drblast@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id z31so2463642nzd for ; Tue, 06 Sep 2005 00:00:09 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=ZIYFLMQBt4BBLW6eStrofaRHN35jqCYzvRMYlXB9m5fmxsX8kjh0Aj+0RaY5ipw9IgNM/yPqPkNv5lPbV+ANVS1AhLzZAx5NUe8d544nZJuq4c3YDmBTJPQl6/o4Ie58GelGtwL3pBPd1qexw3k1e1tsi+UctDiHQYAzyQRqDxQ= Received: by 10.36.220.75 with SMTP id s75mr4337nzg; Tue, 06 Sep 2005 00:00:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.19.9 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 00:00:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 00:00:09 -0700 From: Ian Larsen To: Phil Bowens In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ndis not working X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 07:00:11 -0000 Thank you for the response. I'm aware of the ndisgen utility as I tried out the 6-Beta3 release, but it= =20 doesn't seem to be anywhere in the 5-stable system I have running. I've=20 cvsup'd the latest 5-stable source about an hour ago to make sure. There's= =20 no ndisgen in the source and there's no binary to be found anywhere. Am I missing something? Regards, Ian Larsen On 9/5/05, Phil Bowens wrote: >=20 > There was a thread about this a couple weeks ago. Apparently, ndis module= =20 > generation has changed.. most documentation sources (e.g. the handbook)= =20 > have not been updated yet. Try using the 'ndisgen' utility. It is an=20 > interactive sh script that [I believe] builds a stub from the XP binaries= =20 > and then links the kernel module so that it can be loaded directly. I=20 > suppose it's a much better solution if you have more than one device usin= g=20 > ndis... >=20 > On 9/6/05, Ian Larsen wrote: >=20 > > Hello all, > >=20 > > I just got a new HP ze2000 laptop with a Turion amd64 processor, and=20 > > I've > > got 5-stable running on it. (Updated to stable from 5.4 Release this > > morning.) > >=20 > > Everything works great except for the wireless card. ndiscvt works=20 > > properly,=20 > > and the kernel module loads just fine (an improvement over 5.4 release, > > which paniced on driver load) I've tried a number of different drivers, > > including: > >=20 > > The generic 64-bit broadcom ones from here: > > http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/drivers.php > >=20 > > 64 bit drivers from Acer at: > > ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/ferrari_4000/driver/winxp64bit= /80211g.zip=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > pciconf -lv gives: > >=20 > > none5@pci5:2:0: class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x1355103c chip=3D0x431814e4 re= v=3D0x02 > > hdr=3D0x00 > > vendor =3D 'Broadcom Corporation' > > class =3D network > >=20 > > The acer drivers match the chip number exactly, as I found them on the= =20 > > Ndiswrapper list > > http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List (driver #31= ) > >=20 > > The odd thing is that under Gentoo, the wireless card works just fine= =20 > > with=20 > > Ndiswrapper, using the aforementioned Acer drivers. > >=20 > > To compile, I'm doing > > iconv -c -f utf-16 -t ascii bcmwl5.inf > bcmwl5.inf.ascii > > ndiscvt -i bcmwl5.inf.ascii -s BCMWL564.SYS -o ndis_driver_data.o > > make && make install > >=20 > > And like I mentioned, the drivers compile and load just fine, but the > > network interface isn't available afterward (ifconfig -a) > >=20 > > Please send any suggestions, I'm not a big fan of Gentoo and I'd really= =20 > > like=20 > > to get FreeBSD fully working on this laptop. :-) > >=20 > > Thanks! > > Ian Larsen > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list=20 > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g > > " > >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Phil Bowens >=20 > He who is the greatest of warriors overcomes and subdues himself.