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 Friday 22 July 2016 at 19:35, Valery Filipchuk wrote: > Hello Björn! > > I am trying to make BCM4321 work with PC-BSD (10.3) > which I installed on my laptop. > I had done a few step toward this goal which I found at various sites: > > 1. % cd /usr/ports/net/bwn-firmware-kmod > 2. % make install clean > 3. updated /boot/defaults/loader.conf with if_bwn_load-"YES" > 4. rebooted > > After reboot my card is still not recognized. > Even "lspci" lists the card, "ifconfig" doesn't show wlan0 . > "kldstat | grep bwn" lists following bwn modules: Hi! The support for newer broadcom wifi-cards is new to FreeBSD-11. This means that you either have to install the latest PC-BSD-11 beta or wait for the final release of 11 (which should be ”soonish”) to follow these instructions. First you have to reconfig/recompile your kernel. This is done by adding the following lines to your kernel config (found at /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC): options BWN_GPL_PHY options BWN_DEBUG You then need to uncomment some lines in /usr/src/sys/modules/bwn/Makefile, just read the comments in the Makefile and it should be obvious which lines. Then run "make buildkernel && make installkernel” in /usr/src. If everything went right, you should then add these lines to /boot/loader.conf and reboot: bwn_v4_ucode_load="YES" bwn_v4_n_ucode_load="YES" if_bwn_load="YES" Now, with any luck, you should have a working BCM4321! Just remember that it doesn’t do 802.11n yet. This however is far superior to no wireless at all! If you have any further questions, don’t hesitate to ask! -- /Hälsningar Björn
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