Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:54:30 +0000 From: Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: Kemian Dang <dangkm@gmail.com> Cc: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: broadcom wireless card on FB7 using ndisgen, no ndis0 after kldload Message-ID: <47A1E126.50100@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <47A1DC3E.3030604@gmail.com> References: <47A113EB.4080204@gmail.com> <200801301959.55079.glen.j.barber@gmail.com> <47A1DC3E.3030604@gmail.com>
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Kemian Dang wrote: > 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"? > I think YES and yes are interchangeable although YES tends to be used. whats the output of kldstat? if it doesnt contain ndis.ko what happens if you kldload ndis Vince > Best wishes, > Kemian > _______________________________________________ > 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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