Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 18:35:40 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Bj=C3=B6rn_Jonare?= <bjorn.jonare@gmail.com> To: Valery Filipchuk <vfilipch@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BCM4321 wireless card Message-ID: <6E680147889C4A179E4A4799F7F05D7B@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CALGe1AprTHLd4011reE59=RcB=2dvCTJ0wo9hqw%2BmK%2BGv9w%2B-A@mail.gmail.com> References: <CALGe1AprTHLd4011reE59=RcB=2dvCTJ0wo9hqw%2BmK%2BGv9w%2B-A@mail.gmail.com>
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On =46riday 22 July 2016 at 19:35, Valery =46ilipchuk wrote: > Hello Bj=C3=B6rn=21 > =20 > I am trying to make BCM4321 work with PC-BSD (10.3) > which I installed on my laptop. =20 > I had done a few step toward this goal which I found at various sites: > =20 > 1. % cd /usr/ports/net/bwn-firmware-kmod > 2. % make install clean =20 > 3. updated /boot/defaults/loader.conf with if=5Fbwn=5Fload-=22YES=22 > 4. rebooted > =20 > After reboot my card is still not recognized. =20 > Even =22lspci=22 lists the card, =22ifconfig=22 doesn't show wlan0 . > =22kldstat =7C grep bwn=22 lists following bwn modules: Hi=21 The support for newer broadcom wifi-cards is new to =46reeBSD-11. This me= ans that you either have to install the latest PC-BSD-11 beta or wait for= the final release of 11 (which should be =E2=80=9Dsoonish=E2=80=9D) to f= ollow these instructions. =20 =46irst you have to reconfig/recompile your kernel. This is done by addin= g the following lines to your kernel config (found at /usr/src/sys/amd64/= conf/GENERIC): options BWN=5FGPL=5FPHY options BWN=5FDEBUG You then need to uncomment some lines in /usr/src/sys/modules/bwn/Makefil= e, just read the comments in the Makefile and it should be obvious which = lines. Then run =22make buildkernel && make installkernel=E2=80=9D in /usr/src. = If everything went right, you should then add these lines to /boot/loader= .conf and reboot: bwn=5Fv4=5Fucode=5Fload=3D=22YES=22 bwn=5Fv4=5Fn=5Fucode=5Fload=3D=22YES=22 if=5Fbwn=5Fload=3D=22YES=22 Now, with any luck, you should have a working BCM4321=21 Just remember th= at it doesn=E2=80=99t do 802.11n yet. This however is far superior to no = wireless at all=21 If you have any further questions, don=E2=80=99t hesitate to ask=21 -- /H=C3=A4lsningar Bj=C3=B6rn =20
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