Re: Help Using NDIS Broadcom 4321ag 802.11a/b/g/draft-n
I also use a HP laptop, This is the pciconf -lv output of my machine, vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' device = 'BCM4310 broadcom wireless 1490 (dell)' class = network The strange thing is it said 1490 dell, so after the fail attempt on the HP driver, I turn to Dell 1490 driver, this time it works. Another thing is I can not use ifconfig scan to find the AP neither, but when I just ifconfig ndis0 ssid xxx, I find the state change to assocaite, and dhclient obtain the IP. My ap does not use a authentication method. Best wishes, Kemian On 30/03/2008, std [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi: I can't seem to find a definitive answer on the net to whether (and how) FreeBSD supports Broadcom 4321ag 802.11a/b/g/draft-n Wi-Fi Adapters. Apparently there's no native support (except through experimental drivers?) so you have to use NDIS (which is like ndswrapper for other linux os's only NDIS is built into the FreeBSD project). I've tried ndisgen bcml##.inf bcml## for three different driver sets, blcmwl5.sys/inf, bcmwl564.sys/inf, and bcmwl6.sys/inf. I've got the best results with the oldest drivers, bcmwl5.sys/inf. kldstat shows ndis, if_ndis, and bcmwl5_sys loaded in the kernel and the system recognizes an ndis0 adapter, but, ifconfig ndis0 up scan just hangs forever. My system is a HP tx1320us tablet pc [2.0 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-60, 2048 MB DDR2 (2 Dimm), Broadcom 4321AG 802.11a/b/g/draft-n Wi-Fi Adapter, fingerprint sensor, remote,.touch screen, etc. - http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01161310lc=encc=usdlc=ensoftwareitem=ob-58904-1product=3548576os=2093rule=8034lang=en ] running FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE, installed from CDS and ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages a couple weeks ago in a dual boot config with windows vista home premium (a good reason for dual booting fbsd :). The procedure I followed was to (1) identify the NIC; (2) download the windows drivers from the manufacturers website. I first tried the drivers built for windows vista because those are the drivers built for the 4321 card in my system. These drivers, bcmwl6, contained in hp's ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp38501-39000/sp38764.exe were apparently released March 12, 2008. After running ndisgen bcmwl6.inf bcmwl6.sys and creating bcmwl6_sys.ko, when I kldload bcmwl6_sys.ko it loads ndis.ko and if_ndis.ko, but dmesg shows about 20 no match for various device settings (see below). The latest bcmwl6 drivers don't seem to work. It could be the inf has more than a few extraneous quotation marks which throw off the utf-8 to ascii conversion, but I tried several different methods and suspect it's NDIS itself which lacks the necessary support. Is Bill Paul of Project Evil working on this (see http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hardware/2004-January/001005.html)? I downloaded the windows XP drivers for my broadcom 4321AG 802.11a/b/g/draft-nftp: from //ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp36501-37000/sp36684.exe. These were released August 15, 2007. cabextract -l sp36684.exe Viewing cabinet: sp36684.exe File size | Date Time | Name ---+-+- 14310 | 13.08.2007 14:46:28 | bcm43xx.cat 14310 | 13.08.2007 14:46:28 | bcm43xx64.cat 803496 | 13.08.2007 14:46:30 | bcmwl5.inf 822272 | 13.08.2007 14:46:30 | bcmwl5.sys 983552 | 13.08.2007 14:46:30 | bcmwl564.sys 9028380 | 13.08.2007 14:46:32 | Setup.exe 6584 | 14.08.2007 09:36:30 | sp36684.cva (3) generate linux kernel modules with ndisgen and load them ndisgen bcmwl6.inf bcmwl6.sys (without any additional files) kldstat Id Refs AddressSize Name 1 17 0xc040 906518 kernel 21 0xc0d07000 14324snd_hda.ko 32 0xc0d1c000 4a5acsound.ko 71 0xc0fb2000 6a32cacpi.ko 81 0xc5c6a000 22000linux.ko kldload bcmwl6_sys kldstat Id Refs AddressSize Name 1 17 0xc040 906518 kernel 21 0xc0d07000 14324snd_hda.ko 32 0xc0d1c000 4a5acsound.ko 71 0xc0fb2000 6a32cacpi.ko 81 0xc5c6a000 22000linux.ko 91 0xc69ae000 1a2000 bcmwl6_sys.ko 101 0xc55dd000 c000 if_ndis.ko 112 0xc6971000 16000ndis.ko ifconfig | grep ndis0 -- no match tail -f /var/log/dmesg no match for NdisMRegisterInterruptEx no match for NdisMIndicateStatusEx no match for NdisFreeNetBufferList no match for NdisAllocateMdl no match for NdisFreeMdl no match for NdisMDeregisterScatterGatherDma no match for NdisMDeregisterInterruptEx no match for NdisMSynchronizeWithInterruptEx no match for NdisMRegisterMiniportDriver
Help Using NDIS Broadcom 4321ag 802.11a/b/g/draft-n
Hi: I can't seem to find a definitive answer on the net to whether (and how) FreeBSD supports Broadcom 4321ag 802.11a/b/g/draft-n Wi-Fi Adapters. Apparently there's no native support (except through experimental drivers?) so you have to use NDIS (which is like ndswrapper for other linux os's only NDIS is built into the FreeBSD project). I've tried ndisgen bcml##.inf bcml## for three different driver sets, blcmwl5.sys/inf, bcmwl564.sys/inf, and bcmwl6.sys/inf. I've got the best results with the oldest drivers, bcmwl5.sys/inf. kldstat shows ndis, if_ndis, and bcmwl5_sys loaded in the kernel and the system recognizes an ndis0 adapter, but, ifconfig ndis0 up scan just hangs forever. My system is a HP tx1320us tablet pc [2.0 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-60, 2048 MB DDR2 (2 Dimm), Broadcom 4321AG 802.11a/b/g/draft-n Wi-Fi Adapter, fingerprint sensor, remote,.touch screen, etc. - http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01161310lc=encc=usdlc=ensoftwareitem=ob-58904-1product=3548576os=2093rule=8034lang=en ] running FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE, installed from CDS and ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages a couple weeks ago in a dual boot config with windows vista home premium (a good reason for dual booting fbsd :). The procedure I followed was to (1) identify the NIC; (2) download the windows drivers from the manufacturers website. I first tried the drivers built for windows vista because those are the drivers built for the 4321 card in my system. These drivers, bcmwl6, contained in hp's ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp38501-39000/sp38764.exe were apparently released March 12, 2008. After running ndisgen bcmwl6.inf bcmwl6.sys and creating bcmwl6_sys.ko, when I kldload bcmwl6_sys.ko it loads ndis.ko and if_ndis.ko, but dmesg shows about 20 no match for various device settings (see below). The latest bcmwl6 drivers don't seem to work. It could be the inf has more than a few extraneous quotation marks which throw off the utf-8 to ascii conversion, but I tried several different methods and suspect it's NDIS itself which lacks the necessary support. Is Bill Paul of Project Evil working on this (see http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hardware/2004-January/001005.html)? I downloaded the windows XP drivers for my broadcom 4321AG 802.11a/b/g/draft-nftp: from //ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp36501-37000/sp36684.exe. These were released August 15, 2007. cabextract -l sp36684.exe Viewing cabinet: sp36684.exe File size | Date Time | Name ---+-+- 14310 | 13.08.2007 14:46:28 | bcm43xx.cat 14310 | 13.08.2007 14:46:28 | bcm43xx64.cat 803496 | 13.08.2007 14:46:30 | bcmwl5.inf 822272 | 13.08.2007 14:46:30 | bcmwl5.sys 983552 | 13.08.2007 14:46:30 | bcmwl564.sys 9028380 | 13.08.2007 14:46:32 | Setup.exe 6584 | 14.08.2007 09:36:30 | sp36684.cva (3) generate linux kernel modules with ndisgen and load them ndisgen bcmwl6.inf bcmwl6.sys (without any additional files) kldstat Id Refs AddressSize Name 1 17 0xc040 906518 kernel 21 0xc0d07000 14324snd_hda.ko 32 0xc0d1c000 4a5acsound.ko 71 0xc0fb2000 6a32cacpi.ko 81 0xc5c6a000 22000linux.ko kldload bcmwl6_sys kldstat Id Refs AddressSize Name 1 17 0xc040 906518 kernel 21 0xc0d07000 14324snd_hda.ko 32 0xc0d1c000 4a5acsound.ko 71 0xc0fb2000 6a32cacpi.ko 81 0xc5c6a000 22000linux.ko 91 0xc69ae000 1a2000 bcmwl6_sys.ko 101 0xc55dd000 c000 if_ndis.ko 112 0xc6971000 16000ndis.ko ifconfig | grep ndis0 -- no match tail -f /var/log/dmesg no match for NdisMRegisterInterruptEx no match for NdisMIndicateStatusEx no match for NdisFreeNetBufferList no match for NdisAllocateMdl no match for NdisFreeMdl no match for NdisMDeregisterScatterGatherDma no match for NdisMDeregisterInterruptEx no match for NdisMSynchronizeWithInterruptEx no match for NdisMRegisterMiniportDriver no match for NdisMSetMiniportAttributes no match for NdisMGetBusData no match for NdisMRegisterScatterGatherDma no match for NdisAllocateNetBufferListPool no match for NdisMOidRequestComplete no match for NdisAllocateIoWorkItem no match for NdisMSetBusData no match for NdisAllocateNetBufferAndNetBufferList no match for NdisMDeregisterMiniportDriver no match for NdisFreeNetBufferListPool no match for NdisOpenConfigurationEx no match for NdisFreeIoWorkItem no match for NdisMSendNetBufferListsComplete no match for NdisMIndicateReceiveNetBufferLists no match for NdisAllocateMemoryWithTagPriority
Re: need help using ndis and inconv
When I enter the command: # rehash Nothing happens. I still can't run the iconv command. In fact, I don't see an iconv executable file anywhere. I installed it as a package, and when I run the command: # pkg_info -L iconv-2.0_3 | less I get a list of files -- mainly .so files and .cct files in the /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/libexec/iconv directories. The only executable files are a biconv file and a iconv_mktbl, which is perl script text executable. I'm not sure what to do. Again, my main objective of to get ndis to convert a windows driver for my wireless nic card so I can use it on my Free BSD system. When I run the command: # biconv I get the system sends back this message: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object libbiconv.so.2 not found, required by biconv. I'm not sure it matters, but libbiconv.so.2 is in the /usr/local/lib/ directory. At this point I am totally lost. What else can I do to get iconv and ndis running? Shantanoo Mahajan wrote: On 08-Sep-07, at 5:17 AM, Terrence Wilson wrote: I need whatever help I can get to use ndis to converter wireless nic card so I can use it on my laptop. it seems that I don't have iconv working properly. I go into the ndisgen program by typing the command: # ndisgen The program opens and gives a list of options. I choose option 3: Convert driver. The program then asks me to type in the path to the .inf file. So I type: /cdrom/DRIVER/bcmwl5.inf The program then says This .INF file appears to be in Unicode. The iconv(1) utility does not appear to be installed. Please install this utility or convert the .INF file to ASCII and run this utility. So, I downloaded the iconv-2.0_3.tbz package and run the command: # pkg_add iconv-2.0_3.tbz Then I try ndisgen again and I get the above error message again. When I type in the command # pkg_info -L iconv-2.0_3 | less I get a list of files including biconv, iconv_mktbl, biconv.h, etc. But when I enter the command: # iconv I get the message: Command not found. Run following command if you have csh/tcsh as your shell: # rehash and then try the iconv command again. regards, shantanoo ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
need help using ndis and inconv
I need whatever help I can get to use ndis to converter wireless nic card so I can use it on my laptop. it seems that I don't have iconv working properly. I go into the ndisgen program by typing the command: # ndisgen The program opens and gives a list of options. I choose option 3: Convert driver. The program then asks me to type in the path to the .inf file. So I type: /cdrom/DRIVER/bcmwl5.inf The program then says This .INF file appears to be in Unicode. The iconv(1) utility does not appear to be installed. Please install this utility or convert the .INF file to ASCII and run this utility. So, I downloaded the iconv-2.0_3.tbz package and run the command: # pkg_add iconv-2.0_3.tbz Then I try ndisgen again and I get the above error message again. When I type in the command # pkg_info -L iconv-2.0_3 | less I get a list of files including biconv, iconv_mktbl, biconv.h, etc. But when I enter the command: # iconv I get the message: Command not found. Since it seems that the main problem now is getting iconv to run, the question is do I have it installed correctly? Do I need to change any environment variables to get the system to run it? How do I do this so that it runs automatically inside the ndisgen program, since this what it seems like the system is trying to do? Thanks for any help. Please note, although no boardcode and smiley buttons are shown, they are still useable ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: need help using ndis and inconv
On 08-Sep-07, at 5:17 AM, Terrence Wilson wrote: I need whatever help I can get to use ndis to converter wireless nic card so I can use it on my laptop. it seems that I don't have iconv working properly. I go into the ndisgen program by typing the command: # ndisgen The program opens and gives a list of options. I choose option 3: Convert driver. The program then asks me to type in the path to the .inf file. So I type: /cdrom/DRIVER/bcmwl5.inf The program then says This .INF file appears to be in Unicode. The iconv(1) utility does not appear to be installed. Please install this utility or convert the .INF file to ASCII and run this utility. So, I downloaded the iconv-2.0_3.tbz package and run the command: # pkg_add iconv-2.0_3.tbz Then I try ndisgen again and I get the above error message again. When I type in the command # pkg_info -L iconv-2.0_3 | less I get a list of files including biconv, iconv_mktbl, biconv.h, etc. But when I enter the command: # iconv I get the message: Command not found. Run following command if you have csh/tcsh as your shell: # rehash and then try the iconv command again. regards, shantanoo ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
using NDIS
I built the ndisulator last night and it appears to work: ndis0: Dell TrueMobile 1300 WLAN Mini-PCI Card mem 0xfafee000-0xfafe irq 11 at device 3.0 on pci2 ndis0: [GIANT-LOCKED] can't re-use a leaf (Country)! can't re-use a leaf (Channel)! ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.0 ndis0: Ethernet address: 00:90:96:b9:95:64 ndis0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps ndis0: 11g rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps So how do I use my wireless card? Is there some command that I run to turn it on and off? I have tried searching the lists, and I've gone to the NDIS web site on sourceforge, but it seems that other people's questions focus on getting the ndisulator to compile. I am completely clueless here, so any help would be greatly appreciated. - Jason ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: using NDIS
On Friday 16 July 2004 14:48, Jason Dusek wrote: I built the ndisulator last night and it appears to work: ndis0: Dell TrueMobile 1300 WLAN Mini-PCI Card mem 0xfafee000-0xfafe irq 11 at device 3.0 on pci2 ndis0: [GIANT-LOCKED] can't re-use a leaf (Country)! can't re-use a leaf (Channel)! ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.0 ndis0: Ethernet address: 00:90:96:b9:95:64 ndis0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps ndis0: 11g rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps Did you get these messages on boot? So how do I use my wireless card? Is there some command that I run to turn it on and off? I have tried searching the lists, and I've gone to the NDIS web site on sourceforge, but it seems that other people's questions focus on getting the ndisulator to compile. I am completely clueless here, so any help would be greatly appreciated. What's the output of `ifconfig ndis0`? If the interface is marked down, you can try `ifconfig ndis0 up` to get it running. Does it have an IP yet? Daniela ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
using NDIS
I'm trying to use NDIS and have read a few posts from the archives by Bill Paul. I'm having one some problem. There are no Makefiles and no if_ndis in the /sys/modules directory. Here is my uname: FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE #0: What do I need to install? I have the ndis and ndiscvt commands, but seem to be missing some of the other needed items. Ray -- --- Linux is for people who hate Microsoft. BSD is for people who love UNIX. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
