Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 00:19:05 -0700 From: Ian Larsen <drblast@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ndis not working Message-ID: <aa29af9b050906001976eb7738@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <aa29af9b050906000041275423@mail.gmail.com> References: <aa29af9b050905211069339148@mail.gmail.com> <d1f8e6a0050905215811256a28@mail.gmail.com> <aa29af9b050906000041275423@mail.gmail.com>
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Whoops, I had forgotten to installworld. It's late... Thanks for your help. -Ian Larsen On 9/6/05, Ian Larsen <drblast@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you for the response. > > I'm aware of the ndisgen utility as I tried out the 6-Beta3 release, but > it doesn't seem to be anywhere in the 5-stable system I have running. I've > cvsup'd the latest 5-stable source about an hour ago to make sure. There's > 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 <thermonite@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > There was a thread about this a couple weeks ago. Apparently, ndis > > module generation has changed.. most documentation sources (e.g. the > > handbook) have not been updated yet. Try using the 'ndisgen' utility. It is > > an interactive sh script that [I believe] builds a stub from the XP binaries > > and then links the kernel module so that it can be loaded directly. I > > suppose it's a much better solution if you have more than one device using > > ndis... > > > > On 9/6/05, Ian Larsen < drblast@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I just got a new HP ze2000 laptop with a Turion amd64 processor, and > > > I've > > > got 5-stable running on it. (Updated to stable from 5.4 Release this > > > morning.) > > > > > > Everything works great except for the wireless card. ndiscvt works > > > properly, > > > and the kernel module loads just fine (an improvement over 5.4release, > > > which paniced on driver load) I've tried a number of different > > > drivers, > > > including: > > > > > > The generic 64-bit broadcom ones from here: > > > http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/drivers.php > > > > > > 64 bit drivers from Acer at: > > > ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/ferrari_4000/driver/winxp64bit/80211g.zip > > > > > > > > > pciconf -lv gives: > > > > > > none5@pci5:2:0: class=0x028000 card=0x1355103c chip=0x431814e4 > > > rev=0x02 > > > hdr=0x00 > > > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > > > class = network > > > > > > The acer drivers match the chip number exactly, as I found them on the > > > > > > Ndiswrapper list > > > http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List (driver > > > #31) > > > > > > The odd thing is that under Gentoo, the wireless card works just fine > > > with > > > Ndiswrapper, using the aforementioned Acer drivers. > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > And like I mentioned, the drivers compile and load just fine, but the > > > network interface isn't available afterward (ifconfig -a) > > > > > > Please send any suggestions, I'm not a big fan of Gentoo and I'd > > > really like > > > to get FreeBSD fully working on this laptop. :-) > > > > > > Thanks! > > > Ian Larsen > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > > > freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Phil Bowens > > > > He who is the greatest of warriors overcomes and subdues himself. > > >
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