Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 00:00:09 -0700 From: Ian Larsen <drblast@gmail.com> To: Phil Bowens <thermonite@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ndis not working Message-ID: <aa29af9b050906000041275423@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <d1f8e6a0050905215811256a28@mail.gmail.com> References: <aa29af9b050905211069339148@mail.gmail.com> <d1f8e6a0050905215811256a28@mail.gmail.com>
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Thank you for the response. I'm aware of the ndisgen utility as I tried out the 6-Beta3 release, but it= =20 doesn't seem to be anywhere in the 5-stable system I have running. I've=20 cvsup'd the latest 5-stable source about an hour ago to make sure. There's= =20 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: >=20 > There was a thread about this a couple weeks ago. Apparently, ndis module= =20 > generation has changed.. most documentation sources (e.g. the handbook)= =20 > have not been updated yet. Try using the 'ndisgen' utility. It is an=20 > interactive sh script that [I believe] builds a stub from the XP binaries= =20 > and then links the kernel module so that it can be loaded directly. I=20 > suppose it's a much better solution if you have more than one device usin= g=20 > ndis... >=20 > On 9/6/05, Ian Larsen <drblast@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > > Hello all, > >=20 > > I just got a new HP ze2000 laptop with a Turion amd64 processor, and=20 > > I've > > got 5-stable running on it. (Updated to stable from 5.4 Release this > > morning.) > >=20 > > Everything works great except for the wireless card. ndiscvt works=20 > > properly,=20 > > and the kernel module loads just fine (an improvement over 5.4 release, > > which paniced on driver load) I've tried a number of different drivers, > > including: > >=20 > > The generic 64-bit broadcom ones from here: > > http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/drivers.php > >=20 > > 64 bit drivers from Acer at: > > ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/ferrari_4000/driver/winxp64bit= /80211g.zip=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > pciconf -lv gives: > >=20 > > none5@pci5:2:0: class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x1355103c chip=3D0x431814e4 re= v=3D0x02 > > hdr=3D0x00 > > vendor =3D 'Broadcom Corporation' > > class =3D network > >=20 > > The acer drivers match the chip number exactly, as I found them on the= =20 > > Ndiswrapper list > > http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List (driver #31= ) > >=20 > > The odd thing is that under Gentoo, the wireless card works just fine= =20 > > with=20 > > Ndiswrapper, using the aforementioned Acer drivers. > >=20 > > 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 > >=20 > > And like I mentioned, the drivers compile and load just fine, but the > > network interface isn't available afterward (ifconfig -a) > >=20 > > Please send any suggestions, I'm not a big fan of Gentoo and I'd really= =20 > > like=20 > > to get FreeBSD fully working on this laptop. :-) > >=20 > > Thanks! > > Ian Larsen > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list=20 > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g > > " > >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Phil Bowens >=20 > He who is the greatest of warriors overcomes and subdues himself.
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