Dell 1450 usb wireless card w/ FreeBSD 6.0

[Matthew David Parker]

I can't seem to kldunload ugen.  it's not listed in kldstat, neither when
the card is plugged in nor when it's unplugged.

I read something that I have to insert the ID of the card into a usb
ethernet driver?

I'll try editing /etc/devd.conf but I don't know what I"m doing.

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Eric Anderson wrote:

> Matthew David Parker wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm trying to get a 1450 Dell wireless usb card working here in FreeBSD
> >6.0.  I opened up the card casing and the chips inside say "conexant", and
> >it's some sort of prism2.
> >
> >I couldn't find any drivers to use that were native to freeBSD so I tried
> >to do the NDISulator.  I did ndisgen on my inf and sys files and it seemed
> >to work perfectly, generating a file named PRISMA02_sys.ko, which I put
> >into /boot/kernel.
> >
> >So I plugged the card into the USB slot and here is the dmesg:
> >
> >ugen0: DELL Dell Wireless 1450 Dual-band (802.11a/b/g) USB 2.0 Adapter,
> >rev 2.00/10.50, addr 2
> >
> >Then I did:
> >kldload ndis
> >
> >which loaded if_ndis as well:
> >kldstat:
> > 4    2 0xc0e0b000 c960     if_ndis.ko
> > 5    3 0xc0e18000 173c4    ndis.ko
> >
> >Then I did:
> >kldload PRISMA02_sys.ko
> >
> >It loads the module but doesn't say anything, no errors, nothing.
> >
> >kldstat has this new line:
> > 7    1 0xc243f000 59000    PRISMA02_sys.ko
> >
> >The little lights on my wireless card don't turn on, and there is
> >absoletely nothing new added to dmesg, nor is there any new device added
> >when I do "ifconfig".
> >
> >Am I missing something here?  Do I have to compile the module specifically
> >for USB?  Do I have to manually create a device in /dev ?
> >
> >
>
> You may try unplugging it, kldunloading ugen, then plugging it back in.
> If you have ugen compiled into your kernel, I suppose you could edit
> devd.conf to not act on the adapter.
>
> Eric
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> Eric Anderson        Sr. Systems Administrator        Centaur Technology
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