From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 31 14:33:37 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E05B16A41B for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:33:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dangkm@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C9F913C4D1 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:33:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dangkm@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id y2so662301uge.37 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:33:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=/aaJ2P2o+C2IOUPOGOB3a/3IuwxiwQG10io2KHMjdQ0=; b=UsJCpIibDl9Iu/lE+NAwjz/mIsfQ1HZqOm1kTnh6TWLvVTopb7EPVHWn0Ir8olsOueHkrWP7u+fno2pV+oQKeTncWkhSkVCuKt2Nyik6XvHOwvAFm77n93ybqhdEmmh2mbwaC2XfJR87Q+6XrFrOW1YDLU98aeZweJLWQTscj4k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=jnsGQ7ORbKJZPdBiRufVficwss5sCZSyPH3M3GBjajJGx0PphlfuX61sMHTdropIjrWvcbRn9fnf12RVwhphlpvu0zP48jVnIR3BmNlBlgWbByelV+LPqGhyPZiEBISNoJq2IDbVLMtrmGbL+gSMSefKbS37m4yzObdfw7Z9mZg= Received: by 10.67.89.15 with SMTP id r15mr4158396ugl.12.1201790015714; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:33:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from myCompaq.inf.ed.ac.uk ( [129.215.37.178]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k30sm8252409ugc.53.2008.01.31.06.33.33 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:33:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <47A1DC3E.3030604@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:33:34 +0000 From: Kemian Dang User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080128) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Glen Barber References: <47A113EB.4080204@gmail.com> <200801301959.55079.glen.j.barber@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200801301959.55079.glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: broadcom wireless card on FB7 using ndisgen, no ndis0 after kldload 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, 31 Jan 2008 14:33:37 -0000 Glen Barber 写道: > On Wednesday 30 January 2008 07:18:51 pm Kemian Dang wrote: > > >> I have a laptop which using the broadcom wireless card. >> I download the bcmwl5a.inf/.sys and use ndisgen to generate the .ko >> file, then I kldload it as the doc said. >> I can see ndis,if_ndis and bcmwl using kldstat, but there are no ndis0 >> when ifconfig. >> I have tried add the bcmwl to the /boot/loader.conf, but still no ndis0. >> And there no message in the dmesg about the ndis. >> >> > > Did you copy the bcmxxx.ko file to /book/kernel/ ? If you did, make sure you > have an entry in your /boot/loader.conf: > bcmxxx_load="YES" > > I have my bcm driver called 'bcmwl5_sys.ko' and 'bcmwl5_sys_load="YES" in > my /boot/loader.conf. > > Hope that helps > > Yes, mine is bcmwl5a_sys.ko and I have tried to put it in the loader.conf. Actually, it is in the loader.conf now. I list it below: %ls /boot/modules/bcmwl* /boot/modules/bcmwl5a_sys.ko %more /boot/loader.conf nvidia_load="yes" bcmwl5a_sys_load="yes" Does "yes" differ from "YES"? Best wishes, Kemian