Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:27:16 -0400 From: grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bwn firmware (bwn, bwi, fwcutter) Message-ID: <CAD2Ti292yNqoGmcGmXwWqjEU=DZAphJGKEFCo2HbuuZ19TBQvQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmo=4gYowaOE1Veb90Ga=sxBBHUp=1CFoQe4D5rurSWsYfA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAD2Ti29Kr=DyKX35g%2BpBn2pKehmPcYXpZNiPbFeh2hu=M5=BKg@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-Vmo=4gYowaOE1Veb90Ga=sxBBHUp=1CFoQe4D5rurSWsYfA@mail.gmail.com>
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>> I'm using fwcutter 0.15 and fw 508.154 on a 4312 LP phy >> with success under Linux. For FreeBSD the two port Makefiles >> would seem to be a pretty easy update. Would it be necessary to update the kernel drivers as well? sys/dev/bwn sys/dev/siba Or are they abstracted enough from the firmware blobs that simply cutting up and using any particular firmware version would suffice? And can someone help me understand what the difference is between the blob included in: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php and those commonly found in these typical places: http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/ http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/ Such as, what is the real source of the firware and method of producing the the latter blobs? Thanks.
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