Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:36:50 +0900 From: Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.jeong@gmail.com> To: Kayven Riese <kayvey@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: driver support for Belkin F5D7050 v 5xxx ? Message-ID: <20081117043650.GF61939@freebsd.weongyo.org> In-Reply-To: <3a142e750811160335y6867d362k93a525774bc3667@mail.gmail.com> References: <28b9b4180811160018q2823d7fap90b546ba444f191d@mail.gmail.com> <3a142e750811160335y6867d362k93a525774bc3667@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:35:23PM +0100, Paul B. Mahol wrote: > On 11/16/08, Kayven Riese <kayvey@gmail.com> wrote: > > I just purchased a wireless connection device that connects to my ASUS > > M6800N laptop dual > > booting Vista and > > > > KV_BSD# uname -a > > FreeBSD KV_BSD 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 19:59:52 UTC > > 2008 root@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > KV_BSD# > > > > via USB. > > > > While booting on Vista, connection was fine. I investigated my man pages > > for Belkin modles in > > the interfaces: > > V_BSD# man an | grep Belkin > > KV_BSD# man awi | grep Belkin > > KV_BSD# man ipw | grep Belkin > > KV_BSD# set -o vi > > KV_BSD# man iwi | grep Belkin > > KV_BSD# man ral | grep Belkin > > Belkin F5D7000 v3 RT2560 PCI > > Belkin F5D7010 v2 RT2560 CardBus > > KV_BSD# man rum | grep Belkin > > Belkin F5D7050 ver 3 USB > > Belkin F5D9050 ver 3 USB > > KV_BSD# man ural | grep Belkin > > Belkin F5D7050 v2000 USB > > KV_BSD# man wi | grep Belkin > > Belkin F5D6000 (a rebadged WL11000P) > > KV_BSD# man zyd | grep Belkin > > Belkin F5D7050 v.4000 > > KV_BSD# > > > > and found some websites that made me compare a serial number that I > > correlated to some > > information on the Belkin website and came to the conclusion that my device > > is a newer > > version than appears in the above list because of this information: > > > > K7SF5D7050E corresponds to version 5xxx > > > > That serial number is written on the device. > > > > There were no unfamiliar results of ifconfig: > > > > > > > > KV_BSD# ifconfig > > bge0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > > options=9b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM> > > ether 00:11:d8:22:c9:91 > > inet 192.168.0.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > > status: active > > fwe0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > > options=8<VLAN_MTU> > > ether 02:e0:18:26:4c:e9 > > ch 1 dma -1 > > fwip0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > > lladdr 0.e0.18.0.3.26.4c.e9.a.2.ff.fe.0.0.0.0 > > plip0: flags=108810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NEEDSGIANT> metric 0 mtu > > 1500 > > lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384 > > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 > > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > > KV_BSD# > > > > I attempted to use the ndisgen utility with the driver disk mounted on > > "/mnt/drive" > > > > Currently ndis on freebsd doesnt support usb cards at all. > There is patch available for CURRENT that is considered experimental and > make possible to use ndis on FreeBSD with usb cards. I'd try to commit NDIS USB support soon (maybe before releasing 8.0 :-)) if there are no objections but I don't know whether it should be based on USB1, USB2 or both. regards, Weongy Jeong
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