sammydavis Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Hello again, And where was our beloved driver? it is best to forget this driver and buy another card or pc, because it seems that no one will build the driver. You should forget this driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahdow Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Hello again, And where was our beloved driver? it is best to forget this driver and buy another card or pc, because it seems that no one will build the driver. dude. chill. It's not "our beloved driver". It's his driver he's working on for himself as a SIDE PROJECT, and he's gracious enough to share the end result with us when he finishes one that meets his satisfaction. Does it suck that there isn't a working ethernet driver for OS X? Yes. Does it suck that we've been waiting for so long? Yes. Does he owe us an explanation? No. Yes, I can see you're frustrated and impatient. Surprise surprise, so is everyone else reading this thread, including yours truly. I'd like to dual boot windows and mac, but i'm holding off until ethernet's possible. If you're really that antsy, try doing something yourself. He's just one guy learning this stuff as he goes along. If I had a rudimentary level of programming experience I'd totally be trying to do the same as him. TLDR: Chill, Nachodriver, DIY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb1972 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Up ! First, good job wingrunr21 Any progress for this diver ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesta2008 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 I come from China..........I just want to tell U“There are 1.3 billion Chinese people waiting for you ........”come on---my bcm5906 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahdow Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Mods, can you sticky this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammydavis Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Mods, can you sticky this thread? too inactive to sticky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minidevil Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I can't use my ethernet too. Can i help u wingrunr21? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zubi Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 wingrunr21 I am more than willing to contriubute some money for your effort. Please let me know where I can send some $ if everyone in here were to donate 5 bucks or so I sure and wingrunr21 would really appreciate it. keep up the good work wingrunr21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquidGM Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 If money helps, I agree. Together we will collect the necessary sum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jk. Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 bump... any developers with knowlige of iokit inerested in helping us getting a working driver? it's been over a month scince wingrunr21 last updated us with anything :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benediktus Anindito Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 maybe someone interested 'bout this document on developing device drivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amorphys Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Hi, I was read this entire post (wich can be i think the most interesting driver ) I have in this moment Iatkos V7 on Acer Aspire 5715z fully functionall without ethernet I will wait or i will change my laptop because is not so expensive BCM5906M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcmiixx Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Hey Guys this dude seems to get it to work? If he dont have a Adapter will say. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uihFN5bEJio Any Update on the BMC5906 Drivers? Anyone find a way to get the Ehternet to work? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuncono Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 I'm from Indonesia, how long we are wait for BCM5906 driver??? My notebook like idiot people without lan connection.... Huhuhuhuhuhu,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammydavis Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I'm from Indonesia, how long we are wait for BCM5906 driver???My notebook like idiot people without lan connection.... Huhuhuhuhuhu,,,, the person working on this driver has ceased working on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teletoby Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 the person working on this driver has ceased working on it. Are you sure??? I hope not... i need this driver too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slashack Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Are you sure??? I hope not... i need this driver too... All i needed to try and code this driver was the Broadcom 5906M datasheet. But I couldn't find it. I know how an ethernet driver works. I tried, I got the MAC address from my driver, but my ehternet rebooted sometime after I initialized it and all the settings were lost. With the datasheet, I think I can manage to get it work. If someone can get/find/etc it, please send it to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teletoby Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Ok i will see what i can do for you... I think i got something, maybe it will help http://www.broadcom.com/collateral/pg/5722-PG101-R.pdf Host Programmer Interface Specification for the NetXtreme® and NetLink™ Family of Highly Integrated Media Access Controllers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teletoby Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 :whistle: I found the datasheet, now its slashack's turn. I hope he can help us... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slashack Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 :whistle: I found the datasheet, now its slashack's turn. I hope he can help us... According to wingrunr21, his drivers does almost everything except for alloc/init tx/rx rings and receive/send data. There are two working drivers for this network cards, one for linux, and one for bsd. So somewhere, the code is done. There are also working ethernet drivers for mac. Now it's a matter of reading the datasheet, understand what wingrunr21 was doing, understand how ethernet drivers works in mac, see how linux and bsd guys did it, and just put the right code in the right place. I'll give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teletoby Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Yeah, i was comparing other drivers for os x and bsd and i found out they are very similar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobb1x Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 best wishes, a driver for this family of cards is waited by years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elk Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Would be so nice.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amorphys Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Not working at all.....i was need to delete the kext from windows with macdrive so this solutions is not good, better to buy original apple usb-ethernet wich is not so expensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teletoby Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Any news from Slashack? How is the driver going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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