Re: USB 802.11b SMC 2662W-CA Anyone?
"M. Warner Losh" <[email protected]>
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In message: <[email protected]> Zed Shaw <[email protected]> writes: : I bought a USB Wireless Adapter manufactured by SMC (2662W) and I've : been tinkering with it trying to see if it will work under freebsd. : I've managed to install it and it will turn on the RX light. I am just : running into a couple of problems that are probably really basic: : : 1) Does anyone know what device this might run under? I'm thinking it : will be a /dev/aue device, but I have no idea what the major/minor : number is for that. None at the moment. Its programming interface is very close to that of the wi device, however. : 2) I read somewhere else that there is firmware that needs to be : downloaded into it before it will work? Is this a one time thing, or : everytime thing? No clue. : 3) Any other pointers? Should I even bother? Well, if you are a kernel programmer, you might want to sign intersil's NDA and get the programming guide. There's a section on how the USB device is mapped and how it differs from the pccard mapping. The intersil stuff is on their web site, but I have no URL at the moment. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to [email protected] with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message