Senao pcmcia cards

Mike Silbersack silby at silby.com
Sun Jul 11 20:45:49 PDT 2004


On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 dloomis at fpceldorado.org wrote:

> I have been told on other lists that the problem is with the firmware
> version on the cards.  I flashed them some time back with firmware v.1.7.4.
> I have been told that only v. 1.5.6 and earler work with FreeBSD.  That
> sounded rather strange since the same cards work just fine under Linux on
> the very same hardware.  Can there be THAT much difference between the
> drivers in Freebsd and Linux?
>
> If what I have been told is correct, is it possible to re-flash the cards
> with the earlier firmware version or is that a no-no?  I would like to use a
> Freebsd-based system on my router at the church without having to opt for
> the newer Atheros-based cards just now (which does work well).
>
> Dr. Daniel Loomis
> First Presbyterian Church
> El Dorado, AR

I'm using 1.5.6 here without any major issues.  I have not tried 1.7.4, 
but I believe that there are reports of it not getting along with the 
FreeBSD driver, for whatever reason.

If you successfully flashed up to 1.7.4, I believe that you should be able 
to flash back to 1.5.6 without issue.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack


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