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Date:      Sun, 6 Dec 2009 22:05:33 -0500
From:      Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
To:        =?UTF-8?B?QW5oIEsuIEh14buzbmg=?= <xkyanh@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ndis driver: invalid argument (freebsd 8.0)
Message-ID:  <4ad871310912061905j3ef2d882x103c084be2c0629a@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20091207091740.03a5180d@icy.localdomain>
References:  <20091207091740.03a5180d@icy.localdomain>

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Hi

On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Anh K. Hu=E1=BB=B3nh <xkyanh@gmail.com> wro=
te:
> Hi all,
>
> I compiled `bcmwl5` module by `ndisgen` then loaded that module successfu=
lly, but I get the `invalid argument` error:
>
> $ ifconfig ndis0 ssid TOM-and-JERRY
> ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument
>
> What's wrong to my ndis driver? I read /usr/src/UPDATING and wireless sec=
tion in the Handbook but found nothing special. So I post here for your hel=
ps.
>

1.) Are your kernel and userland in sync?

2.) What is the output of 'uname -a'?  If 8.X, read the 20080420 entry
in src/UPDATING.

Regards,


--=20
Glen Barber



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