Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:35:06 +0200 From: Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> To: Michal <ml@infosec.pl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ndis interface doesn't show up (intel 5300) Message-ID: <3a142e750910010035scaf8e73s12ff235dd5245a06@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4AC3D20C.6070803@infosec.pl> References: <4AC3D20C.6070803@infosec.pl>
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On 9/30/09, Michal <ml@infosec.pl> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm struggling to get Intel 5300 wireless mini pci-e card working on > FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 (amd64, both GENERIC and my custom kernel). Try i386. amd64 doesnt work for me, panic on kldload. > I get no error messages. Kernel module builds and loads fine but then > ndis interface never shows up. > > Here is exactly what I'm doing: > Drivers for XP64 downloaded from intel website. I've tried latest and > old drivers. Unzipped on FreeBSD. > Then: > ndisgen NETw5x64.inf NETw5x64.sys > This .INF file appears to be ASCII. [return] > This .SYS file appears to be in Windows(r) PE format. [return] > Driver file conversion - conversion was successful. [enter] > Firmware file conversion [enter] > Kernel module generation > Generating Makefile... done. > Building kernel module... done. > Cleaning up... done. > > So NETw5x64_sys.ko has been successfully generated. Note that when it > asks me for additional firmware files I don't give it any - is that ok? Depends. Look what are other files. > Then I'm moving this module to /boot/modules and I'm loading it: > kldload -v NETw5x64_sys.ko > Loaded NETw5x64_sys.ko, id=8 > > And that's pretty much it, module get loaded together with nids.ko and > if_nids.ko but nothing really happens. No additional network interfaces, > nothing in dmesg output. Tried with debug.ndis=1 and get no additional > informations. > > Any ideas, please? Anybody got this card to work on FreeBSD? > > Michal > -- > "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." -William Gibson > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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