Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:38:09 -0600 From: "Scot Hetzel" <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: "Abdullah Al-Marrie" <almarrie@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2-RC1 issues Acer Aspire 5102 WLMi Message-ID: <790a9fff0612180738h5b71fb3by79209c629d50221@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <499c70c0612172351k25986e8dnf17da9e939d594c3@mail.gmail.com> References: <499c70c0612172351k25986e8dnf17da9e939d594c3@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/18/06, Abdullah Al-Marrie <almarrie@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello guys, > > First thanks for the hard work to make FreeBSD good for desktop environment. > > Here is my case with Acer Aspire 5102 WLMi with the latest bios 2.40 > > 2. I can't use my WLAN which is broadcom, I was forced to use an older > drivers, since ndis has problem with reading the latest driver from > broadcom. > Here are the files > http://bb.wearab.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=472&d=1166427326 > http://bb.wearab.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=473&d=1166427326 > > And here is the 78 MB full package for the driver in zip file > ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_3100_5100_5110/driver/802bg_broadcom_v4.10.40.0.zip > > Could someone convert the 2 files to a kernel module? please let me know. > You need to apply the patch in PR 106131 to use the newer versions of the broadcom driver. I have tested it with version 4.10.40.19 from HPs web site (SP33008.exe). http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=106131 Scot -- DISCLAIMER: No electrons were mamed while sending this message. Only slightly bruised.
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