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Date:      Tue, 30 Nov 2004 22:35:40 -0500
From:      stan <stanb@panix.com>
To:        Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ndis driver adapter layer for FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <20041201033540.GA13250@teddy.fas.com>
In-Reply-To: <20041130232952.GT5518@dan.emsphone.com>
References:  <20041130232042.GA3813@teddy.fas.com> <20041130232952.GT5518@dan.emsphone.com>

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On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 05:29:52PM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote:
> In the last episode (Nov 30), stan said:
> > I've picked up a wireless card cheap, but it appears to have no
> > support under FreeBSD.
> > 
> > I was wondering if it was possible to soehow (linux emulation?) use
> > the ndis driver adaper software that exists under Linux to provide a
> > way of using teh windoze drivers for this card?
> > 
> > If so, could someone point me to some docs?
> 
> FreeBSD had it first :)
> 
> man ndis, ndiscvt
> 
Hmm, 

$ man ndis
No manual entry for ndis
stan@black.fas.com:/home/stan
$ man ndiscvt
No manual entry for ndiscvt

Must be a 5.x feature?

In any case, thnaks for the pointer. I guess it's time to build a 5.x
machine. Is 5.x ready for laptop type hardware? The last time I tried
that branch it was not ready for prime time, but that was a few months
back.

-- 
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neither liberty nor safety."
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