From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Mar 2 21:09:39 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7309CF6C52 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2017 21:09:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cary@SDF.org) Received: from cdptpa-oedge-vip.email.rr.com (cdptpa-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.166.232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "cdptpa-oedge", Issuer "cdptpa-oedge" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 933D73FF for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2017 21:09:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cary@SDF.org) Received: from [67.49.10.59] ([67.49.10.59:63567] helo=bsdfull.Belkin) by cdptpa-omsmta02 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.6.9.48312 r(Core:3.6.9.0)) with ESMTP id 49/29-16480-90A88B85; Thu, 02 Mar 2017 21:09:31 +0000 Subject: Re: Firmware To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: Cary Message-ID: <58B889FA.6060006@SDF.org> Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 13:09:14 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:42.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/42.0 SeaMonkey/2.39 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.168.7:25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 21:09:39 -0000 Baho Utot wrote: > Where does FreeBSD look for firmware when it is required for a device to > function. I have /boot/firmware but there is nothing stored there. > > I have a USB wireless device using: > > Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8188RU/RTL8188EU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE > 802.11b/g/n wireless network device > > and a BCM4311. > > The Realtek works the broadcom does not. The broadcom bwn kmod cannot find the > firmware and I have been unable to figure out what directory it should be in. > > Thanks > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Hello Baho U., Firmware is normally installed in /boot/modules. $ grep -e "^KMODDIR=" /usr/ports/Mk/Uses/kmod.mk KMODDIR= /boot/modules $ pkg info -g -l bw\[in\]\* bwi-firmware-kmod-3.130.20: /boot/modules/bwi_v3_ucode.ko bwn-firmware-kmod-0.1.0: /boot/modules/bwn_v4_lp_ucode.ko /boot/modules/bwn_v4_ucode.ko Those were the last versions of the driver installed to my symstem. years ago. To build a driver for bcm43XX ndisgen(8) is worth a try. If you have not seen it before, here is a post that gives a quick summary. http://blog.cochard.me/2012/10/using-bcm4313-wireless-chip-under.html -- cary@sdf.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.org ------------------------------