Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:05:11 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Colin Faber <cfaber@ruckusmail.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Broadcom bcmwl5 NDIS driver and Dell D610 Message-ID: <4498B767.4030605@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <4498A387.9040303@ruckusmail.com> References: <4498A387.9040303@ruckusmail.com>
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Colin Faber wrote: > Hello Folks, > > I'm having trouble getting my Dell D610 to recognize my Broadcom/Dell > miniPCI b/g wireless card. > > What I've done so far is as follows: > > 1) I copied the drivers that windows was using successfully from my > windows slice to my freebsd slice. > 2) I made sure that the .inf file was ascii, after that I generated > bcmwl5_sys.ko with ndisgen. > 3) I loaded the module generated, it loaded successfully. > > At this point I expected to see a ndis0 device popup, however sadly this > wasn't the case. > > Running after running pciconf -lv I think I've successfully identified > the miniPCI card as PCI:3:3:0 and the driver appears to see it, however > that's it. > > Below is the snippit of my system log after attaching the driver. Below > that is the pciconf -lv output > > pci0: driver added > pci1: driver added > pci2: driver added > pci3: driver added > found-> vendor=0x104c, dev=0x8038, revid=0x00 > bus=3, slot=1, func=5 > class=07-80-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=1 > cmdreg=0x0102, statreg=0x0210, cachelnsz=0 (dwords) > lattimer=0x00 (0 ns), mingnt=0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=0x00 (0 ns) > intpin=a, irq=19 > powerspec 2 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0 > pci3:1:5: reprobing on driver added > found-> vendor=0x14e4, dev=0x4318, revid=0x02 > bus=3, slot=3, func=0 > class=02-80-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=0 > cmdreg=0x0106, statreg=0x0000, cachelnsz=0 (dwords) > lattimer=0x40 (1920 ns), mingnt=0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=0x00 (0 ns) > intpin=a, irq=17 > pci3:3:0: reprobing on driver added > pci0: driver added > pci1: driver added > pci2: driver added > pci3: driver added > found-> vendor=0x104c, dev=0x8038, revid=0x00 > bus=3, slot=1, func=5 > class=07-80-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=1 > cmdreg=0x0102, statreg=0x0210, cachelnsz=0 (dwords) > lattimer=0x00 (0 ns), mingnt=0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=0x00 (0 ns) > intpin=a, irq=19 > powerspec 2 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0 > pci3:1:5: reprobing on driver added > found-> vendor=0x14e4, dev=0x4318, revid=0x02 > bus=3, slot=3, func=0 > class=02-80-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=0 > cmdreg=0x0106, statreg=0x0000, cachelnsz=0 (dwords) > lattimer=0x40 (1920 ns), mingnt=0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=0x00 (0 ns) > intpin=a, irq=17 > pci3:3:0: reprobing on driver added > > > Now the pciconf -lv output: > > hostb0@pci0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0x01821028 chip=0x25908086 > rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '82915PM/GM/GMS, 82910GML Host Bridge' > class = bridge > subclass = HOST-PCI > pcib1@pci0:1:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000088 chip=0x25918086 > rev=0x03 hdr=0x01 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '82915PM/GM PCI Express Graphics Port' > class = bridge > subclass = PCI-PCI > pcib2@pci0:28:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000040 chip=0x26608086 > rev=0x03 hdr=0x01 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '82801FB/FR/FW/FRW PCI Express Port 1' > class = bridge > subclass = PCI-PCI > uhci0@pci0:29:0: class=0x0c0300 card=0x01821028 chip=0x26588086 > rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '82801FB/FR/FW/FRW USB UHCI Controller' > class = serial bus > subclass = USB > uhci1@pci0:29:1: class=0x0c0300 card=0x01821028 chip=0x26598086 > rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '82801FB/FR/FW/FRW USB UHCI Controller' > class = serial bus > subclass = USB > uhci2@pci0:29:2: class=0x0c0300 card=0x01821028 chip=0x265a8086 > rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '82801FB/FR/FW/FRW USB UHCI Controller' > class = serial bus > subclass = USB > uhci3@pci0:29:3: class=0x0c0300 card=0x01821028 chip=0x265b8086 > rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '82801FB/FR/FW/FRW USB UHCI Controller' > class = serial bus > subclass = USB > ehci0@pci0:29:7: class=0x0c0320 card=0x01821028 chip=0x265c8086 > rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '82801FB/FR/FW/FRW USB 2.0 EHCI Controller' > class = serial bus > subclass = USB > pcib3@pci0:30:0: class=0x060401 card=0x00000050 chip=0x24488086 > rev=0xd3 hdr=0x01 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '82801BAM/CAM/DBM (ICH2-M/3-M/4-M) Hub Interface to PCI > Bridge' > class = bridge > subclass = PCI-PCI > pcm0@pci0:30:2: class=0x040100 card=0x01821028 chip=0x266e8086 > rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '82801FB/FR/FW/FRW AC '97 Audio Controller' > class = multimedia > subclass = audio > isab0@pci0:31:0: class=0x060100 card=0x01821028 chip=0x26418086 > rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '82801FBM ICH6M LPC Interface Bridge' > class = bridge > subclass = PCI-ISA > atapci0@pci0:31:2: class=0x010180 card=0x01821028 chip=0x26538086 > rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '82801FBM ICH6M SATA Controller' > class = mass storage > subclass = ATA > drm0@pci1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x20061028 chip=0x54601002 > rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc' > device = 'Mobility Radeon X300' > class = display > subclass = VGA > bge0@pci2:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x01821028 chip=0x167714e4 > rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > device = 'BCM5750A1 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > cbb0@pci3:1:0: class=0x060700 card=0x01821028 chip=0x8036104c > rev=0x00 hdr=0x02 > vendor = 'Texas Instruments (TI)' > class = bridge > subclass = PCI-CardBus > none0@pci3:1:5: class=0x078000 card=0x01821028 chip=0x8038104c > rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Texas Instruments (TI)' > device = '01821028 GemCore based SmartCard container' > class = simple comms > none1@pci3:3:0: class=0x028000 card=0x00051028 chip=0x431814e4 > rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > class = network > > > Any advice would is welcome. If I can get the wireless card working and > resolve an ACPI video issue I have, I will have just about everything > that I'm interested in, fully functional. > > Thank you I recall having problems with that too, and ended up finding a different set of drivers somewhere (windows install?). Here's the files I used (I think): -rw-r--r-- 1 anderson anderson 494176 May 26 2005 bcmwl5.inf -rw-r--r-- 1 anderson anderson 376192 May 26 2005 bcmwl5.sys -rwxr-xr-x 1 root anderson 597289 Apr 26 21:48 bcmwl5_sys.ko I still have that .ko around if you'd like to try it. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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