> Be aware that the RTL8187, RTL8187B and RTL8187L are all different > chipsets. I believe Linux has two drivers for them, one driver covers > two > chips.
I believe it is the RTL8187L chipset. The actual device is an Alfa Network "AWUS036H" , product information is http://dplanet.biz/alfa.com/product_info.php?products_id=342 . > Some work on supporting USB under NDIS has been done, it might be worth > investigating just how far from completion it is. I'll look into this -- I believe ndisgen is built into freebsd by default, however I'm not sure. > Linux drivers are often hard to port, purely because they are badly > documented and often use "magic" values which may need to be different > under FreeBSD. I looked at the code a little while starting my own > RTL8087B driver, but ended up preferring to monitor how Windows talked > to > the device. Note, however, that my driver is nowhere near finished > (doesn't even have code to send/receive yet), so there's no point me > sending it to you... Ideally I'd like to utilize a stable port/driver. /usr/ports/devel/linux-kmod-compat was recommended to me (http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/FreeBSD/linux_bsd_kld.html) , however I don't believe this to be a viable option since it was primarily developed to "wrap" drivers for usb webcams. Thanks for your suggestions, I will look into the ndisgen progress in any case. Hopefully USB support is more defined, or will be more defined in the near future. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
