From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 13 00:26:38 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F404106564A for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:26:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from weongyo.jeong@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f216.google.com (mail-bw0-f216.google.com [209.85.218.216]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC2508FC1B for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:26:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so1535851bwz.3 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:26:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:from:date:to:cc :subject:message-id:reply-to:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent:organization:x-operation-sytem; bh=ZLrqulF7OcG7DvpHgow0nfiKWyB/gOeYE6jDgs+Q7a4=; b=h2kQG5VJiiOtnywMnHt2Ymz4Ip1mqb1PtvFUd6vD6ZaL/a8w9LDnypTcEcrC3HD5cv NDf9GpSeZ5nme+pFuFxAX0bSKQXiHUxNZQ/PptnzHX3Z6oUMgD2j0fiVuO75Ok/8hLrp RvM1jmvnyUXJyENnychtz57GEL1Flfx0m3Z9c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:mail-followup-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent:organization:x-operation-sytem; b=iKru8dtLtnvSWvPzf1+EJ14EW7P8eZ+JIw5LCq6YsKs6LzJNNGXYg0co7l5tfy6u4e AKikPIKSq3Jge9FB3fqjkjEM4sddqDxbMDjI43biTjEfPkzu4u3zf5rFK/h/tDnJcpIj CNPeSVHoi2FKj66REd7jdXvVKYyhWom4aA8Y8= Received: by 10.204.35.1 with SMTP id n1mr429614bkd.98.1268438574244; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:02:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from weongyo ([174.35.1.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 24sm7485651bkr.18.2010.03.12.16.02.50 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:02:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by weongyo (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:03:04 -0800 From: Weongyo Jeong Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:03:03 -0800 To: Jeff Dowsley Message-ID: <20100313000303.GA1295@weongyo> Mail-Followup-To: Jeff Dowsley , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <1AAFC89E-D1B3-49A7-805F-8DA753C4934E@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1AAFC89E-D1B3-49A7-805F-8DA753C4934E@mac.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Organization: CDNetworks. X-Operation-Sytem: FreeBSD Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Broadcom USB wireless support? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Weongyo Jeong List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:26:38 -0000 On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:39:53AM +1100, Jeff Dowsley wrote: > Gentles > > I have an old HP Pavillion DV6000 laptop, which has a Broadcom USB > wireless device. Worked under Windows Vista. I installed freeBSD 8- > stable, and see as the last line in dmesg > > ugen2.2: at usbus2 > > Ferreting with google suggests that 8.0 might have usb support for > the ndis wrapper, but I am unable to get any joy either using the HP > bcmwl5 drivers for the DV6000, or in attempting to use the bwi driver. FYI recently OpenBSD commited urndis(4) driver into their tree that looks it could support your device if the device uses Broadcom 4320 chipset. But it looks nobody is working on it to port to FreeBSD. regards, Weongyo Jeong