Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:34:38 +0000 From: Ben Kaduk <minimarmot@gmail.com> To: Bachilo Dmitry <root@solink.ru> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3com wireless pccard Message-ID: <47d0403c050915113475b8e99d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200509151735.06711.root@solink.ru> References: <200509151735.06711.root@solink.ru>
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On 9/15/05, Bachilo Dmitry <root@solink.ru> wrote: >=20 > Hello >=20 > I am having a problem with my 3com card. On my 5.4 i had to compile NDIS > drivers using original Windows XP drivers presented on drivers disk=20 > included > in this 3Com wirless device box. And it worked fine. >=20 > Now the system still compiles with device ndis and options NDISAPI but it > writes cardbus0: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached) > instead of creating ndis0 device. >=20 > By the way device ath and device ath_hal do not compile since 5.4, but=20 > that's > other story, because this driver actually does not suppord my NIC. >=20 > Did I miss something about ndis in 6.0-CURRENT or do i do something wrong= ? >=20 > Best regards, Bachilo Dmitry. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " >=20 The way the ndis driver works has been changed -- the ndis option/module=20 only generates infrastructure, it doesn't pull in the actual windows driver= s=20 anymore -- a separate utility (shell script) ndisgen is now used for this.= =20 Just type ndisgen at a root prompt and it should be fairly self-explanatory= .=20 This change allows the ndis framework to support more than one type of=20 windows driver at a time -- I have a BCMWL5_SYS.ko module for my wireless= =20 card, but I could also have a bcm4324.ko module for my onboard card (which= =20 is actually natively supported) and use them both at the same time. It is m= y=20 understanding that such dual-use was not possible before this change. Unfortunately, the documentation of this change is not in a prominent place= =20 (I missed it myself). Hope this solves your problem Ben Kaduk
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