Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 15:20:46 +0200 From: raf ponsaerts <raf.ponsaerts@med.kuleuven.be> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: broadcom (bcm4319) wireless card on amd64 Message-ID: <1147699246.49891.12.camel@BSD-amd64.med.ad10.intern.kuleuven.be>
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--=-9PRPTUuZnwgHDxDZVCx8 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've already posted this message to "FreeBSD-Questions", about 2 days ago. I got no response ... maybe someone on this list has any idea... My appologies for posting twice and being impatient. > hi all, >=20 > I have a new laptop which runs on FreeBSD6.1beta-amd64 (Turion64 > ML-34). =20 >=20 > The only problem I have is getting the wireless interface up. >=20 > none3@pci6:2:0: class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x1359103c chip=3D0x431914e4 > rev=3D0x02 > hdr=3D0x00 =20 > vendor =3D 'Broadcom Corporation' > class =3D network >=20 > It seems to me I need a driver which supports bcm4319. > I read about the unwillingness of broadcom to support the development > of > a native FreeBSD-driver.=20 >=20 > I am aware of the "Evil project" and the "ndisgen" tool. So, I used > WinXP drivers=20 > (bcmwl5.inf, bcmwl5.sys) to build a module, which loads without any > comment. >=20 > However, ifconfig does not show the wireless interface ... >=20 > When I take a look at the ndiswrapper-list, I see that such cards work > on linux-amd64.=20 >=20 > Does anyone know a way to get past this problem? > Does bcmwl5.inf needs some tweaking? >=20 >=20 > raf=20 >=20 --=-9PRPTUuZnwgHDxDZVCx8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEaIAuwoS2GihjEx8RAjc/AJ9tgdGQK4zMZaOpcKMjbEqY4Oyh0ACbBIkE TiQuCriEjFw/YzXprX95MCE= =yib0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-9PRPTUuZnwgHDxDZVCx8--
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