Re: if_ndis for Marvell



Patrick Bowen wrote:

Scot Hetzel wrote:

On 6/20/06, Patrick Bowen <pbowen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Pyun YongHyeon wrote:

>On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 04:04:52PM -0500, Patrick Bowen wrote:
> > Hello:
> >
> > I have two questions.
> >
> > The first regards support for the Broadcom BCM94318 wireless LAN
> > adapter. When trying to compile the module for if_ndis using bcmwl5.inf
> > and bcmwl5.sys, I get the following error;
> >
> > In file included from
> > /usr/src/sys/modules/if_ndis/../../dev/if_ndis/if_ndis.c:66:
> > @/sys/bus.h:461:23: device_if.h: No such file or directory
> > @/sys/bus.h:462:20: bus_if.h: No such file or directory
> > In file included from
> > /usr/src/sys/modules/if_ndis/../../dev/if_ndis/if_ndis.c:75:
> > @/dev/pci/pcivar.h:165:20: pci_if.h: No such file or directory
> >
> > Have these three files been removed from the source tree?
> >
Thanks! That takes care of the wired connection. Now all I have to do is
get the wireless to work.

Regarding the original subject line, the "ndis" was, of course, for the
Broadcom device. I tried a different .inf file after googling some more
(bcmwl5a.inf), and this time I was able to produce an if_ndis.ko file. I
loaded both the ndis.ko and if_ndis.ko modules, but got nothing...zip,
zilch, zero. Nothing in dmesg, nothing in ifconfig...I must still be
doing something wrong...


Did you use ndisgen to build the NDIS bcmwl5_sys.ko kernel module from
the windows driver?

bcmwl5_sys.ko is what you need to load to get your wireless card to
work with the NDIS module.

Scot


Here's an interesting data point. I used ndisgen on Windows drivers from HP, and it produced module BCMWL5_SYS.ko. (my machine is a Gateway MX6121).

Unfortunately, after loading the module, the device didn't show up in dmesg or ifconfig. Now I'm wondering if the card isn't ferschimmeled...

Patrick
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One last data point on this;

I downloaded the R102320.EXE driver package from Dell (for the U.S.), ran ndisgen on the bcmwl5.inf/.sys files, and got a bcmwl5_sys.ko module that would load, but wouldn't associate.

Just for grins, I also got the R90507.EXE package (non-U.S or Japan), built the module, which loads, and associates, and works just fine, thank you very much. As a matter of fact, I'm using it now.

Remember, my laptop is a Gateway MX6121 with a Broadcom BCM94318 mini-PCI card. this is what I see for the card in dmesg;

ndis0: <Dell TrueMobile 1300 WLAN Mini-PCI Card> mem 0xb8004000-0xb8005fff irq 17 at device 4.0 on pci6
ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1

Go figure...

Patrick
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