From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 11 11:42:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC4501065673 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:42:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shinjii@maydias.com) Received: from mail13.tpgi.com.au (mail13.tpgi.com.au [203.12.160.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7869B8FC08 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:42:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shinjii@maydias.com) X-TPG-Antivirus: Passed Received: from [192.168.1.65] (123-243-239-97.static.tpgi.com.au [123.243.239.97]) by mail13.tpgi.com.au (envelope-from shinjii@maydias.com) (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id m7BBfm2q004316; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:42:12 +1000 From: Warren Liddell To: "Scot Hetzel" Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:41:50 +1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200808111813.42060.shinjii@maydias.com> <790a9fff0808110354i446a7ee1n843ab55e1dcf6e1a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <790a9fff0808110354i446a7ee1n843ab55e1dcf6e1a@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200808112141.50313.shinjii@maydias.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless net Card X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:42:13 -0000 > > Chipset is RT8185L an i used the ndisgen to create the .ko file, which > > is just over 572kb in size. > > Which Belkin Wireless card is this? (Name/Model) No idea what name//Model .. all i know is its Belkin and on the card itself it has RT8185L on the sticker. I dont have any of the original box etc as it was tossed quite some time ago ironically. > > Could you provide a link to the driver you downloaded. The driver i downloaded was directly from the realtek website and it was the 64bit version. below is the link to the site that has the file i d/l http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=1&PFid=1&Level=6&Conn=5&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true#RTL8185L > When you ran ndisgen to create the kernel module, did you specify the > 32bit driver or the 64bit driver? You should be using the 64bit > driver on FreeBSD/amd64. Only downloaded the 64bit version > > When you kldloaded the kernel module, did it indicate any required > NDIS functions were missing? When i did the kldload i instantly lost all functionality of the computer system untill it rebooted itself.