Re: Atheros card in HP Pavilion dv5000
"M. Warner Losh" <[email protected]>
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In message: <[email protected]> Sam Leffler <[email protected]> writes: : M. Warner Losh wrote: : > What do I need to do to get around the ***STUPID*** bios restriction : > that is in my HP Pavilion dv5000? I have a broadcom unit: : > : > none3@pci6:2:0: class=0x028000 card=0x1358103c chip=0x431914e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 : > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' : > device = 'Dell Wireless 1470 DualBand WLAN' : > class = network : > : > but there's no driver for it. I have an atheros minipci card, but : > when I put it into the laptop, I get "unsupported wireless card : > detected" message. : > : > How can I install the atheros card and have it work? : : Set the pci device id in the card eeprom to something the bios will : accept. Then wack the driver to accept that id and map it to the : appropriate Atheros device id for use within the driver. google is your : friend here. Google is indeed. Thanks for the key (hack the eeprom) element. Warner _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"