Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 21:17:05 -0700 From: "Steve Franks" <stevefranks@ieee.org> To: "User Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: corporate america hates me (a.k.a. *&%#@&*% broadcomm and hp) Message-ID: <539c60b90705112117u61d4c7a2ie2ecc82318785661@mail.gmail.com>
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Like the subject line? Human nature being what it is, I've been watching the list long enough to know a whopper like this will garner replies ;) Got me a coaster. It's about a foot square and about 1.5 inches thick. If you reinstall every 3 months, it runs windows. I know, I should have spent $$$ on an asus instead of an hp, but like most humans, I have more time than money, aparently. Probably because I'm duped into giving it to companies like HP. If you put a *non* broadcomm minipci 802.11 card in it, it locks up tight, with a cute little message about an unauthorized network card. I've considered hacking my bios, but then considered that I might not have *that* much time on my hands. If you put a wi0 in the pccard, yes, it works fine (well before I added ndis to loader.conf that is). But, darn it, I'm allowed to be bugged by something sticking out the side, no? So, now to my real question: any one have a bcmlw564_sys.ko file that does not cause a panic on reboot? Details appear to include "fpudna in kernel mode" and "trap 12: page fault". I can't say for certain, becuase I'm not talented enough to get it to boot far enough to save a dmesg. Tried safe mode, single user, and console whereby I tried "disable-module ndis". My tone may be ironic, but bear in mind this episode (and many others like it) has not made me hate BSD - it has made me hate HP, Broadcomm, and Microsoft for having the &^#%@ to attempt to restrict my choices of OS in such underhanded ways. Steve -- Steve Franks, KE7BTE
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