From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 1 21:08:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA0AB16BD20 for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2006 21:08:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from don.hinton@vanderbilt.edu) Received: from mailgate02.smtp.vanderbilt.edu (mailgate02.smtp.Vanderbilt.Edu [129.59.1.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D865343D5A for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2006 21:08:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from don.hinton@vanderbilt.edu) Received: from smtp09.smtp.vanderbilt.edu (smtp09.smtp.Vanderbilt.Edu [129.59.1.239]) by mailgate02.smtp.vanderbilt.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k51L8FeE032482 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 1 Jun 2006 16:08:15 -0500 Received: from smtp09.smtp.vanderbilt.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp09.smtp.vanderbilt.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11/VU-3.7.9C+d3.7.9) with ESMTP id k51L8F2t002988; Thu, 1 Jun 2006 16:08:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from a129103.n1.vanderbilt.edu (A129103.N1.Vanderbilt.Edu [129.59.129.103]) by smtp09.smtp.vanderbilt.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11/VU-3.7.9.3B+d3.7.9) with ESMTP id k51L8FlS002985 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 1 Jun 2006 16:08:15 -0500 (CDT) From: Don Hinton Organization: ISIS To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 16:08:14 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <000801c68312$4d2e5590$0201a8c0@AMD1700> <447F6FBF.5070503@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200606011608.14921.don.hinton@vanderbilt.edu> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=4.64.4171:2.3.9, 1.2.33, 4.0.164 definitions=2006-06-01_02:2006-05-31, 2006-06-01, 2006-06-01 signatures=0 X-PPS: No, score=0 Cc: Atanas Atanasov Subject: Re: Problem with wireless card drivers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:08:34 -0000 On Thursday 01 June 2006 15:03, Atanas Atanasov wrote: > Are you sure one should use ndiscvt? I mean i tried it the same except > for getting pccarddefs.h (which as they say will be used in eventual > kernel compiles) and for synchronising the source which I cannot do > because no network is available. I have wireless only connection. > > Most people say that ndisgen is the "better" method as from 6.0. > Actually it seems due to unknown reasons the old method is not > supported anymore. I have an hp nx9600 with a similar (or same) card, and ndisgen worked fine. I didn't modify rc.conf, but instead use kldload to load the module when I need it. Here's what I do: # kldunload /root/bcmwl5_sys.ko #dmesg ... ndis0: mem 0xc8206000-0xc8207fff irq 17 at device 3.0 on pci11 ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1 ndis0: Ethernet address: 00:90:4b:af:7f:68 What does dmesg tell you when you try to load the module? hth... don > > Atanas > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Don Hinton tel: 615.480.5667 ISIS, Vanderbilt University skype: donhinton http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~don.hinton/