Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:31:15 +0900 From: Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.jeong@gmail.com> To: Jim Andersson <freebsddog@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8187SE driver Message-ID: <20090210123115.GA65828@weongyo.cdnetworks.kr> In-Reply-To: <BAY134-W3931BB4AAA400B5009194CC2BC0@phx.gbl> References: <BAY116-W43FCBE35A23C75CE3DC80CC2D70@phx.gbl> <20090116040425.GB66457@freebsd.weongyo.org> <BAY116-W46556402FC6C17CFA0A86EC2D50@phx.gbl> <20090119101623.GC81329@freebsd.weongyo.org> <BAY116-W139E51D9C6F382563136CDC2CB0@phx.gbl> <20090128103926.GA82455@freebsd.weongyo.org> <BAY134-W3931BB4AAA400B5009194CC2BC0@phx.gbl>
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On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 04:04:07PM +0100, Jim Andersson wrote: > > > From: weongyo.jeong@gmail.com > > Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:39:26 +0900 > > To: freebsddog@hotmail.com > > CC: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: FW: 8187SE driver > > > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 02:23:33PM +0100, Jim Andersson wrote: > > > > > > From: freebsddog@hotmail.com > > > To: weongyo@freebsd.org > > > Subject: RE: 8187SE driver > > > Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:22:15 +0100 > > > > > > > From: weongyo.jeong@gmail.com > > > > Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:16:23 +0900 > > > > To: freebsddog@hotmail.com > > > > CC: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org > > > > Subject: Re: 8187SE driver > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 04:16:43PM +0100, Jim Andersson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > From: weongyo.jeong@gmail.com > > > > > > Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:04:26 +0900 > > > > > > To: freebsddog@hotmail.com > > > > > > CC: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org > > > > > > Subject: Re: 8187SE driver > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:48:32AM +0100, Jim Andersson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there any chance of getting my wireless card running in > > > > > > > CURRENT. Linux says it???s a Realtek 8187SE wireless network > > > > > > > card. I have seen some driver for other 8187 cards, is it > > > > > > > possible to force such driver to try identify the card? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here is the output of pciconf -lv in my FreeBSD > > > > > > > CURRENT:none1@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x819910ec > > > > > > > chip=0x819910ec rev=0x22 hdr=0x00vendor = 'Realtek > > > > > > > Semiconductor'class = network . > > > > > > > > > > > > I think a thing you can try is that, NDISulator using ndis(4). AFAIK > > > > > > there's no support for 8187SE driver until now. > > > > > > > > > > > > regards, > > > > > > Weongyo Jeong > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I tried ndisulator but it didnīt work. I used the INF and the SYS > > > > > file for Windows Xp. I even tried including a cat file. > > > > > Although one thing changed, the card is no longer listed when i > > > > > type pciconf -lv. Dunno if thatīs good or bad? > > > > > > > > It looks it's a bad news. Could you please show me dmesg's ouput and > > > > steps you followed? > > > > > > > > regards, > > > > Weongyo Jeong > > > > > > > > > > As far as I can see the only thing in dmesg regarding this card is: > > > > > > pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3 > > > pci1: <network> at device 0.0 (no driver attached) > > > > > > What I did was this: I used my windows xp drivers for the card that I > > > recieved with the computer. I used the .sys and the inf file. The > > > driver loads good but no interface is shown. Is the someway to force > > > the driver to attach to pci2 somehow? > > > > Normally if it works well the device should be detected automatically > > and should show some messages related with ndis(4). It looks there are > > another problems in your case. BTW there's no way to force the driver > > to attach. > > > > > Or is there some way to use a linux driver? Linux says its a realtek > > > 8187SE. > > > > No way to use the linux driver. > > > > regards, > > Weongyo Jeong > > > > It seems there has been a recent release of a driver for MAC/OSX > according to this page: > > http://forums.msiwind.net/mac/great-news-regarding-rtl8187se-wifi-module-t3986.html > > perhaps I can persuade them into remaking a freebsd driver, Darwin is > not that far from BSD right? ;-) Yes. I think if we can see sources for MAC/OSX it'd could be portable to FreeBSD according to the license. However I tried to download a driver URL to see whether it includes sources. All I found was `Installer87se.pkg'; I can't mount .pkg file because I don't have a laptop Mac OS installed temporarily. regards, Weongyo Jeong
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