Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:35:06 +0000 From: Graham Bakay <graham@bitmap.net> To: Bill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ndis 64-bit Broadcom 4318 on a Compaq R4125 Message-ID: <437BA60A.7090606@bitmap.net> In-Reply-To: <20051116193347.009E516A420@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20051116193347.009E516A420@hub.freebsd.org>
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> > >>Hi there, >> >>I'm trying to get ndis working with a 64-bit wireless driver on FreeBSD >>6.0 amd64. The windows driver works using ndis on Ubuntu. >> >>I've used ndisgen to create the kernel module. When I try to load it, I >>get the following: >> >>no match for RtlZeroMemory >>no match for RtlCopyMemory >>ntoskrnl dummy called... >>ndis0: <Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter> mem 0xb0204000-0xb0205fff irq >>21 at device 2.0 on pci3 >>ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1 >>ntoskrnl dummy called... >>ntoskrnl dummy called... >>[repeats multiple times] >>fpudna in kernel mode! >>[repeats multiple times] >>ntoskrnl dummy called... >>ntoskrnl dummy called... >>ndis0: NDIS ERROR: c000138d (unknown error) >>ndis0: init handler failed >>device_attach: ndis0 attach returned 6 >> >>Is there anything I can do to get this working in FreeBSD? Or is it just >>an incompatibility that I'll have to live with? >> >>Thanks, >>Graham. >> >> > >Get the latest copies of the files in src/sys/compat/ndis and >src/sys/dev/if_ndis from the RELENG_6 branch. Note: you do _NOT_ have >to update your entire system, just the files in these directories. >The quickest way to do this is probably with anoncvs: > >% setenv CVSROOT anoncvs@anoncvs1.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs >% cvs checkout -rRELENG_6 src/sys/compat/ndis src/sys/dev/if_ndis > >You can also use a mirror if you're outside the US. See >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/anoncvs.html >for a list. > >Copy the files to src/sys/compat/ndis and src/sys/dev/if_ndis, >then rebuild ndis.ko and if_ndis.ko: > ># cd /sys/modules/ndis ># make; make install ># cd /sus/modules/if_ndis ># make; make install > >It should work then. I've been using the same driver on my dual Opteron >amd64 box at home for the past week and it's been very stable >(in SMP mode even): > >Nov 9 18:16:59 opteron kernel: ndis0: <Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter> mem 0xe0210000-0xe0211fff irq 31 at device 1.0 on pci3 >Nov 9 18:16:59 opteron kernel: ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1 >Nov 9 18:16:59 opteron kernel: fpudna in kernel mode! >Nov 9 18:17:01 opteron kernel: ndis0: Ethernet address: 00:30:bd:f5:ea:26 > >[/var/log]:opteron.moo.com{41}% uname -srm >FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE amd64 >[/var/log]:opteron.moo.com{42}% uptime >11:20AM up 6 days, 17:06, 14 users, load averages: 1.81, 1.52, 1.43 > >Note that the "fpudna in kernel mode!" message will still show up even >after you fix ndis.ko and if_ndis.ko, but the interface will work anyway. >The messages appear to be harmless for now. > >-Bill > > No luck. I still get the same problem. Any other suggestions? I'm thinking I may try installing i386 on the laptop, since HP has 32-bit driver for the card (the driver I've been using is the one used by the Acer Ferrari, and worked in Linux). g.
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