Re: Broadcom WLAN on HP dv9000 (re: Dell Inspiron 640m)
Vince <[email protected]>
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Emmanuel Mie wrote: > Hi, > > I have exactly the same problem on a Dell Inspiron 640m (proc : Core2Duo T5500). > > I downloaded the 32-bit windows drivers, converted it with ndisgen (following this tutorial (in French) http://oregnier.developpez.com/cours/unix/freebsd/wificard/?page=page_3#L3.2 ) > Ndisgen worked just fine, generating bcmwl5_sys.ko with no error at all. > > When I try to kldload it, I get a kernel panic and the same errors as "BSDUser", although I don't know how to redirect the output (kldload bcmwl5_sys.ko > logfile resulted in an empty file). > > I tried to kldload ndis and if_ndis before loading bcmwl5_sys.ko, same errors. > > Is there a way to get this device working on my computer, or should I switch back to some evil OS ;-) ? > The 640m I have uses the intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG which uses a driver in development here [http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/Wpi] and the Dell site still says it uses this chip (on the other hand their site says they have changed the graphics card since I got mine so it could well be different.) Vince > Regards, > E.Mie > > > --------------------------------- > Découvrez une nouvelle façon d'obtenir des réponses à toutes vos questions ! Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des expériences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/Réponses. > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"