Broadcom WLAN on HP dv9000 (re: Dell Inspiron 640m)

[Emmanuel Mie]

I tried to "ndis" the bcmwl5 driver that I downloaded from Dell website (R120981). I still get the same kernel panic when I kldload it.
There's a EU and Canada version, and a US version. I picked the EU one, since I'm in France. 
Would it work with the US version ?
What else could I do ?

Vince <jhary at unsane.co.uk> a écrit : Emmanuel Mie wrote:
> I'm not sure that it's the intel PRO model.
> My bill reads "Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n Dual-Band wireless
> Mini-Card for Core2 Processors"
> 
> And this is the output of pciconf -lv concerning the card :
> none3 at pci12:0:0:    class=0x028000 card=0x00091028 chip=0x432814e4
> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>     vendor   = 'Broadcom Corporation'
>     class    = network
> 

Sounds like they've change things since i got mine then. Useful to know
and somewhat irritating that different versions of the same model vary
that much in components. my pciconf -lv gave...

 none0 at pci12:0:0:        class=0x028000 card=0x10218086 chip=0x42228086
rev=0x02
                                                            hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '3945ABG Intel 3945ABG Wireless LAN controller'
    class      = network
bfe0 at pci2:0:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x01d81028 chip=0x170c14e4 rev=0x02
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Broadcom Corporation'
    device     = 'BCM440x 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet

Sorry for the noise.


Vince




> So I might not be using the right driver...
> I'm going to try ndis with another driver specific to this wireless 1500
> draft card
> 
> Regards,
> E.Mie
> 
> */Vince /* a écrit :
> 
> 
>     The 640m I have uses the intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG which uses a driver
>     in development here [http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/Wpi]
>     and the Dell site still says it uses this chip (on the other hand their
>     site says they have changed the graphics card since I got mine so it
>     could well be different.)
> 
> 
>     Vince
> 
> 
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