Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 14:27:47 +0200 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Activate PCIe slot deactivated by BIOS Message-ID: <4BF7CDC3.8050908@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <4BF7C455.6040806@bsdforen.de> References: <4BF7C455.6040806@bsdforen.de>
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On 22/05/2010 13:47, Dominic Fandrey wrote: > Today the card arrived and the BIOS complains (HP 6510b): > 104-Unsupported wireless network device detected. > System halted. Remove device and restart. > > The system boots if I turn off the wireless device in BIOS, but > this means I cannot use it. > > Now, I could just get a BIOS image and exchange the device IDs > there. But I wonder, wouldn't it be easier to just reactivate the > PCIe slot through the OS? This e-mail is written through the ath wireless I got: # ifconfig ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290 ether 00:24:2c:1d:f0:2f media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g status: associated ... wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:24:2c:1d:f0:2f inet 192.168.178.41 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.178.255 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/36Mbps mode 11g status: associated ssid "Obi-Wan Kenobi" channel 7 (2442 MHz 11g) bssid 00:15:0c:d5:37:a0 regdomain 101 indoor ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 20 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS wme burst roaming MANUAL I achieved this by passing the BIOS check with the intel wireless and hot-swapping it with the atheros card afterwards. This is impractical and evil, so I'm still searching for a solution. But at least I know that the device works. -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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