Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:32:41 +0200 From: "Christopher Prance" <christopher.prance@gmail.com> To: "Christopher Prance" <christopher.prance@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linksys WMP54G Version 4.1 Message-ID: <99e42d190706011232s11974ad4ge47c706e2a13b4d0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070531204254.GA58401@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <465f2520.61cf2a61.6303.ffffdcf0@mx.google.com> <20070531204254.GA58401@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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Hey appreciate the info and would love to get mine up and running, but the version of the if_ral_pci.c that I have is 1.2.x.x something. I'm running 6.2 p4. Which cvs tag did you use to get the 1.5 version of the ral driver... Thanks, Christopher Prance On 5/31/07, Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 09:42:33PM +0200, Christopher Prance wrote: > > Does anyone know if this card is supported in FreeBSD 7.0? Or if there is a > > way to get it to work in 6.2. I installed it with the ndisgen. Everything > > sets up fine, but as soon as it tries to send a packet, the kernel panics. > > Any info would be greatly appreciated! > > Looking at the zipfile for the windows driver, I see the following; > > Archive: WMP54G-EU_LA_DRUT.zip > Length Date Time Name > -------- ---- ---- ---- > 51 12-12-06 02:19 WMP54G-EU_LA_DRUT/AUTORUN.INF > 0 12-12-06 02:19 WMP54G-EU_LA_DRUT/Drivers/ > 0 12-12-06 02:19 WMP54G-EU_LA_DRUT/Drivers/WMP54Gv4.0/ > 7878 12-12-06 02:19 WMP54G-EU_LA_DRUT/Drivers/WMP54Gv4.0/RT2500.CAT > 17386 12-12-06 02:19 WMP54G-EU_LA_DRUT/Drivers/WMP54Gv4.0/Rt2500.INF > 243328 12-12-06 02:19 WMP54G-EU_LA_DRUT/Drivers/WMP54Gv4.0/rt2500.sys > > Version 4.0 has a RealTek 2500 chipset which is supported by if_ral(4). > > 0 12-12-06 02:19 WMP54G-EU_LA_DRUT/Drivers/WMP54Gv4.1/ > 7870 12-12-06 02:19 WMP54G-EU_LA_DRUT/Drivers/WMP54Gv4.1/rt61.cat > 17479 12-12-06 02:19 WMP54G-EU_LA_DRUT/Drivers/WMP54Gv4.1/Rt61.INF > 356096 12-12-06 02:19 WMP54G-EU_LA_DRUT/Drivers/WMP54Gv4.1/rt61.sys > > Looking at rt61.sys with strings(1) reveals; > rt2561.bin > rt2561s.bin > rt2661.bin > > Which indicates it uses a Ralink Technology RT2561 chip, which is also > supported by if_ral(4) in -STABLE. I applied the patch from -STABLE to > 6.2-RELEASE, and it works for me. I've got version 1.5 of if_ral_pci.c > > It is bloody annoying that you have to go plowing through the drivers to see > what chip is inside. > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) > > -- "No one needs a smile as much as a person who fails to give one." - unknown
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