Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:20:30 +0200 From: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> To: David Chisnall <theraven@sucs.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Project Evil Message-ID: <20050813112030.61692794@localhost> In-Reply-To: <2EA76E50-2C99-4F08-80AA-F542F30C0CC2@sucs.org> References: <20050808205632.GA20140@soaustin.net> <200508082103.j78L3bc0057314@smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl> <20050812205456.47f54d3b@localhost> <2EA76E50-2C99-4F08-80AA-F542F30C0CC2@sucs.org>
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--Signature_Sat__13_Aug_2005_11_20_30_+0200_JbqRajvLEWRVHRoF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable David Chisnall <theraven@sucs.org> wrote: > On 12 Aug 2005, at 19:54, Fabian Keil wrote: >=20 > > "My" "old way" is described in > > <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2005-July/=20 > > 016753.html>: > > > > That's all I did. > > > > The "new old way" looks like a mix to me, but perhaps it's > > just another possible way to build ndis with a certain code > > version I never used. >=20 > The only documentation that I could find the first time I used =20 > Project Evil was in the mailing list post announcing Project Evil =20 > (which pointed me at the ndiscvrt man page). The documented `old =20 > way' from the article assumes that you are building the firmware into =20 > the kernel module. This is not required, but if you don't do it then =20 > the ndis interface doesn't come up until after boot so using things =20 > like DHCP is a pain. After trying both ways, I came to the =20 > conclusion that building the firmware in was slightly more =20 > complicated at install time, but much less hassle in the long run, so =20 > I recommended everyone do it. You're right, I forgot that some cards do need additional steps. =20 > The current implementation in the handbook doesn't seem to mention =20 > firmware at all (so will only work on a very small number of cards =20 > where the firmware is in flash / rom). There's a small note: |Note: Some Windows drivers require additional files to operate. |You may include them with ndiscvt by using the -f option. Consult |the ndiscvt(8) manual page for more information. I guess "additional files" covers firmware. Fabian --=20 http://www.fabiankeil.de/ --Signature_Sat__13_Aug_2005_11_20_30_+0200_JbqRajvLEWRVHRoF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFC/bteoomUOj0wp30RAu9EAJ4twnztJr5RcwifT3iNt3/bH+k+lgCfXkZl qQcfmYmqczxF4nhb5Df6ezk= =6ZM2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Sat__13_Aug_2005_11_20_30_+0200_JbqRajvLEWRVHRoF--
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