From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 19 16:17:27 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 598CD106566B for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:17:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16E178FC08 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:17:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 63.imp.bsdimp.com (63.imp.bsdimp.com [10.0.0.63]) (authenticated bits=0) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p5JGEQ5g050750 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Sun, 19 Jun 2011 10:14:27 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Warner Losh In-Reply-To: <201106191624.46574.milu@dat.pl> Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 10:13:26 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <8CE1BDDB-BC80-4C31-AC6F-EA99D94DA9AE@bsdimp.com> References: <20110618034432.634C01CC0B@ptavv.es.net> <4DFDE8A0.90208@FreeBSD.org> <201106191624.46574.milu@dat.pl> To: Maciej Milewski X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (harmony.bsdimp.com [10.0.0.6]); Sun, 19 Jun 2011 10:14:27 -0600 (MDT) Cc: Kevin Oberman , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Well supported wireless card for Lenovo T520 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:17:27 -0000 On Jun 19, 2011, at 8:24 AM, Maciej Milewski wrote: > On Sunday 19 of June 2011 14:16:32 John Baldwin wrote: >> You might want to make sure that your laptop will accept a different >> wireless adapter. I tried to replace the Broadcom WIFI adapter in an = HP >> netbook and the system refused to POST with an Atheros WIFI adapter. >> Apparently the BIOS would check the PCI ID of the adapter and only >> booted if it was the Broadcom adapter. (The message it output during >> POST actually said "restore valid WIFI nic" or some such.) I = resorted >> to using ndis(4) (though it looks like the Linux equivalent of bwn(4) >> supports my adapter now, so maybe someday I'll get to use bwn(4)). >=20 > In such case there are options to find a card which was made specific = to=20 > manufacturer or find the patched bios(or do this by self but that may = be very=20 > dangerous). I had such situation and went the whitelist way with my = Lenovo=20 > laptop and I have no more problem with incompatible wireless(wwan and = wlan)=20 > devices. The two computer manufacturers who are doing such security of = their=20 > profit are HP and Lenovo. I don't know if others are doing that too. The other option is to change the ID in the BIOS (hardish) or get a = atheros card that you can change the ID for (less hard: google is your = friend ehre). Warner