Re: USB Wifi adapter (Atheros)
Paul B Mahol <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile |
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On 10/25/10, Matthias Apitz <[email protected]> wrote: > El dia Monday, October 25, 2010 a las 08:28:34AM +0000, Paul B Mahol > escribio: > >> >> > I've tried as well the ndisgen(8) way based on the XP driver with no >> >> > luck. >> >> >> >> And you reported bug? >> > >> > No. I have no problem with filing a bug report, but I was unsure if this >> > makes sense because we are talking (at least in parts) about Windows >> > software. Should I? >> >> If you tell me what you did and what did not work I could help you. > > Thanks for your kind offer. > > The laptop comes with Windows7 pre-installed and I've pulled out the > files: > > BCMWL6.SYS > netbc6.inf > > I run > > $ ndisgen netbc6.inf BCMWL6.SYS > > and it created the module BCMWL6_SYS.ko; and in addition I created > bwi_v3_ucode.ko from the ports (don't know if this is also required for > the ndis based driver). It is not required for ndis miniport driver. > > Both get loaded on boot but the interface ndis0 does not show up and > pciconf(8) shows the device without attached driver. > > The same is true when I use an older (2006) bcmwl5.* from XP. I don't > have netbc6.inf BCMWL6.SYS for XP. Maybe this is the main fault... As name suggest "6" means it use NDIS 6 API, NDISulator supports 5.1 and not 6 or higher. Adding support for 6 API is in very early (planning) stage. When you load bcwml5 driver what is displayed on console? > > I'm missing something? > > Thanks again > > matthias > > -- > Matthias Apitz > t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 > e <[email protected]> - w http://www.unixarea.de/ > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"