need help!!! nic driver not working.

[Jason P. Thomas]

Terrence Wilson wrote:
> My notebook has a Dell Wireless 1930 WLAN nic and I was able to convert 
> the driver for my wireless card using ndisgen. It created a kernel 
> called bcmwl5_sys.ko in the /root folder. I entered:
>
> # kldload bcmwl5_sys.ko
>
> Then I entered:
>
> # kldload ndis
> # kldload if_ndis
>
> However, when I enter:
>
> # dmesg
>
> No sign of the wireless nic appears. When I enter:
>
> # kldstat
>
> The bcmwl5_sys,ko, if_ndis.ko and ndis.ko modules come up as loaded, 
> along with the kernel. Does this mean that the coverted drivers are not 
> working on my machine? Or is there something else I need to do? 
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I've been fighting off and on with broadcom wifi drivers since I got my 
HP Pavilion dv9205us in February.  I've gotten everything from kernel 
panics to dmesg listings for ndis0.  When I did manage to get the dmesg 
listing for ndis0, it did me absolutely no good.  ifconfig ndis0 scan 
didn't work and the light indicating the wifi was active never changed 
to blue on the laptop.  I've revisited the problem several times in the 
intervening months and get stymied at every attempt.  I level disdain in 
broadcom's general direction anytime I decide to mess with this wifi 
again.  All of my attempts were using FreeBSD/amd64 as the i386 boot cd 
would hang almost from the get go.  I know I'm not any help, but I 
figured I'd let you know that you are not alone in your misery.

--Jay