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Date:      Mon, 13 Apr 2015 08:14:49 +1000
From:      Felix Friedlander <felixphew0@gmail.com>
To:        Mohammad BadieZadegan <mbzadegan@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Broadcom BCM4318
Message-ID:  <B5BB4F67-4F64-4D69-9A49-4A6BA107C68F@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CADMcpTYx%2B0B-yrsROm3vCa0YR_qZ_PEj0aW6=vvebe0uTL9KAQ@mail.gmail.com>
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It just so happens I=E2=80=99m currently working on porting `bwn` to =
newer cards, and I was thinking it might be worth trying out the new(er) =
firmware I=E2=80=99m using. Try applying these patches to =
`bwn-firmware-kmod` and re-installing, and tell me what happens.

--- Makefile.orig	2014-01-27 08:52:12.000000000 +1100
+++ Makefile	2015-04-07 08:31:46.000000000 +1000
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# $FreeBSD: head/net/bwn-firmware-kmod/Makefile 341294 2014-01-26 =
21:52:12Z bapt $

PORTNAME=3D	bwn-firmware
-PORTVERSION=3D	0.1.0
+PORTVERSION=3D	0.2.0
CATEGORIES=3D	net
MASTER_SITES=3D	http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/ =
<http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/>; \
		http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/ =
<http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/>;
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
WRKSRC=3D		${WRKDIR}
FWNAME=3D		bwn_v4
FWFILE=3D		broadcom-wl-${FWVERSION}.tar.bz2
-FWVERSION=3D	4.150.10.5
+FWVERSION=3D	5.100.138
KMODNAME=3D	${FWNAME}_ucode
FWNAME_LP=3D	bwn_v4_lp
FWFILE_LP=3D	broadcom-wl-${FWVERSION_LP}.tar.bz2
-FWVERSION_LP=3D	4.178.10.4
+FWVERSION_LP=3D	5.100.138
KMODNAME_LP=3D	${FWNAME_LP}_ucode
PLIST_SUB=3D	KMODNAME=3D"${KMODNAME}" \
		KMODNAME_LP=3D"${KMODNAME_LP}"
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
	tar xjf ${DISTDIR}/${FWFILE}
	mkdir -p ${WRKSRC}/bg
	b43-fwcutter -w ${WRKSRC}/bg \
-	   ${WRKSRC}/broadcom-wl-${FWVERSION}/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o
+	   ${WRKSRC}/broadcom-wl-${FWVERSION}/linux/wl_apsta.o
	${TOUCH} ${WRKSRC}/bg/v4/ucode.fw <http://ucode.fw/>;

	@${ECHO_CMD} "KMOD=3D ${KMODNAME}" > ${WRKSRC}/bg/v4/Makefile



--- distinfo.orig	2014-01-23 02:30:13.000000000 +1100
+++ distinfo	2015-04-07 08:37:10.000000000 +1000
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
SIZE (broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2) =3D 3888794
SHA256 (broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4.tar.bz2) =3D =
32f6ad98facbb9045646fdc8b54bb03086d204153253f9c65d0234a5d90ae53f
SIZE (broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4.tar.bz2) =3D 5986780
+SHA256 (broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2) =3D =
f1e7067aac5b62b67b8b6e4c517990277804339ac16065eb13c731ff909ae46f


Let me know what you find, this may not fix anything but it=E2=80=99s =
worth a shot.

> On 12 Apr 2015, at 6:18 pm, Mohammad BadieZadegan =
<mbzadegan@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> I installed that, I reported all of important messages at
> =
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/unknown-hp-notebook-wireless-driver.511=
61/
>=20
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Felix Friedlander =
<felixphew0@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>=20
>> You need to install the 'sysutils/bwn-firmware-kmod' port.
>> --
>> Felix
>> On 12 Apr 2015 5:59 pm, "Mohammad BadieZadegan" <mbzadegan@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>=20
>>> Hi,
>>> I have a problem to connecting Broadcom BCM4318 and I started this =
topic
>>> <
>>> =
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/unknown-hp-notebook-wireless-driver.511=
61/
>>>>=20
>>> at FreeBSD forum about it.
>>> My device inform me about not finding of (bwn-open_v4_ucode5) =
firmware!
>>> How can I resolve this problem?
>>> Regards.
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list
>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless
>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "
>>> freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
>>>=20
>>=20
>=20
>=20
> --=20
> <http://ir.linkedin.com/in/xadegan>;
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Felix Friedlander <felixphew0@gmail.com>






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