Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:18:44 +0000 From: Kemian Dang <dangkm@gmail.com> To: Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> Cc: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: broadcom wireless card on FB7 using ndisgen, no ndis0 after kldload Message-ID: <47A1E6D4.7080106@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47A1E126.50100@unsane.co.uk> References: <47A113EB.4080204@gmail.com> <200801301959.55079.glen.j.barber@gmail.com> <47A1DC3E.3030604@gmail.com> <47A1E126.50100@unsane.co.uk>
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Vince Hoffman 写道: > Kemian Dang wrote: > >> Glen Barber 写道: >> >>> On Wednesday 30 January 2008 07:18:51 pm Kemian Dang wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> I have a laptop which using the broadcom wireless card. >>>> I download the bcmwl5a.inf/.sys and use ndisgen to generate the .ko >>>> file, then I kldload it as the doc said. >>>> I can see ndis,if_ndis and bcmwl using kldstat, but there are no ndis0 >>>> when ifconfig. >>>> I have tried add the bcmwl to the /boot/loader.conf, but still no ndis0. >>>> And there no message in the dmesg about the ndis. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Did you copy the bcmxxx.ko file to /book/kernel/ ? If you did, make >>> sure you have an entry in your /boot/loader.conf: bcmxxx_load="YES" >>> >>> I have my bcm driver called 'bcmwl5_sys.ko' and 'bcmwl5_sys_load="YES" >>> in my /boot/loader.conf. >>> >>> Hope that helps >>> >>> >>> >> Yes, mine is bcmwl5a_sys.ko and I have tried to put it in the >> loader.conf. Actually, it is in the loader.conf now. I list it below: >> >> %ls /boot/modules/bcmwl* >> /boot/modules/bcmwl5a_sys.ko >> %more /boot/loader.conf >> nvidia_load="yes" >> bcmwl5a_sys_load="yes" >> >> Does "yes" differ from "YES"? >> >> > > I think YES and yes are interchangeable although YES tends to be used. > > whats the output of kldstat? > if it doesnt contain ndis.ko what happens if you > kldload ndis > > Vince > > > > > >> Best wishes, >> Kemian >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > Below is the output of kldstat: %kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 21 0xc0400000 5c0690 kernel 2 1 0xc09c1000 69415c nvidia.ko 3 2 0xc1056000 28518 linux.ko 4 1 0xc107f000 5f7a4 bcmwl5a_sys.ko 5 3 0xc10df000 1aa10 ndis.ko 6 2 0xc10fa000 e750 if_ndis.ko 7 1 0xc1109000 6a1c4 acpi.ko 8 1 0xc520e000 2000 ntfs_iconv.ko 9 1 0xc5210000 4000 libiconv.ko 10 1 0xc5235000 b000 ntfs.ko It has the bcmwl5a_sys.ko, ndis.ko and if_ndis.ko. Best wishes, Kemian
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