broadcom wireless card on FB7 using ndisgen, no ndis0 after kldload

Kemian Dang dangkm at gmail.com
Thu Jan 31 07:18:47 PST 2008


Vince Hoffman 写道:
> Kemian Dang wrote:
>   
>> Glen Barber 写道:
>>     
>>> On Wednesday 30 January 2008 07:18:51 pm Kemian Dang wrote:
>>>
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> I have a laptop which using the broadcom wireless card.
>>>> I download the bcmwl5a.inf/.sys and use ndisgen to generate the .ko
>>>> file, then I kldload it as the doc said.
>>>> I can see ndis,if_ndis and bcmwl using kldstat, but there are no ndis0
>>>> when ifconfig.
>>>> I have tried add the bcmwl to the /boot/loader.conf, but still no ndis0.
>>>> And there no message in the dmesg about the ndis.
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Did you copy the bcmxxx.ko file to /book/kernel/ ?  If you did, make
>>> sure you have an entry in your /boot/loader.conf: bcmxxx_load="YES"
>>>
>>> I have my bcm driver called 'bcmwl5_sys.ko' and 'bcmwl5_sys_load="YES"
>>> in my /boot/loader.conf.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Yes, mine is bcmwl5a_sys.ko and I have tried to put it in the
>> loader.conf. Actually, it is in the loader.conf now. I list it below:
>>
>> %ls /boot/modules/bcmwl*
>> /boot/modules/bcmwl5a_sys.ko
>> %more /boot/loader.conf
>> nvidia_load="yes"
>> bcmwl5a_sys_load="yes"
>>
>> Does "yes" differ from "YES"?
>>
>>     
>
> I think YES and yes are interchangeable although YES tends to be used.
>
> whats the output of kldstat?
> if it doesnt contain ndis.ko what happens if you
> kldload ndis
>
> Vince
>
>
>
>
>   
>> Best wishes,
>> Kemian
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Below is the output of kldstat:
%kldstat
Id Refs Address    Size     Name
 1   21 0xc0400000 5c0690   kernel
 2    1 0xc09c1000 69415c   nvidia.ko
 3    2 0xc1056000 28518    linux.ko
 4    1 0xc107f000 5f7a4    bcmwl5a_sys.ko
 5    3 0xc10df000 1aa10    ndis.ko
 6    2 0xc10fa000 e750     if_ndis.ko
 7    1 0xc1109000 6a1c4    acpi.ko
 8    1 0xc520e000 2000     ntfs_iconv.ko
 9    1 0xc5210000 4000     libiconv.ko
10    1 0xc5235000 b000     ntfs.ko

It has the bcmwl5a_sys.ko, ndis.ko and if_ndis.ko.

Best wishes,
Kemian


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