From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Mar 3 02:02:08 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 B7415CF537F for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2017 02:02:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from baho-utot@columbus.rr.com) Received: from cdptpa-oedge-vip.email.rr.com (cdptpa-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.166.225]) (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 7F5441394 for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2017 02:02:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from baho-utot@columbus.rr.com) Received: from [76.181.114.47] ([76.181.114.47:54381] helo=raspberrypi.bildanet.com) by cdptpa-omsmta01 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.6.9.48312 r(Core:3.6.9.0)) with ESMTP id 44/B4-03423-E9EC8B85; Fri, 03 Mar 2017 02:02:06 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.156] by raspberrypi.bildanet.com with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1cjcXm-0002Iv-0Y for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 02 Mar 2017 21:02:06 -0500 Subject: Re: Firmware To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <58B889FA.6060006@SDF.org> <58B8A303.1050701@SDF.org> <0299093b-0dc4-5ee1-8810-971c51fe8044@columbus.rr.com> <58B8B4D9.1050407@SDF.org> From: Baho Utot Message-ID: <903d6890-d58b-c8f8-1168-04365fc5e3f2@columbus.rr.com> Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2017 02:02:29 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <58B8B4D9.1050407@SDF.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.168.6:25 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: Fri, 03 Mar 2017 02:02:08 -0000 On 3/2/2017 7:12 PM, Cary wrote: > Baho Utot wrote: >> On 3/2/2017 5:56 PM, Cary wrote: >>> Baho Utot wrote: >>>> On 03/02/17 16:09, Cary wrote: >>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Thanks I will have a look at it. >>>> >>>> I have /boot/modules/bwn_v4_lp_ucode.ko and >>>> /boot/modules/bwn_v4_ucode.ko >>>> >>>> But dmesg says that the firmware cannot be found and it then gives me the >>>> following: >>>> bwn0: warn: firmware state (28713) >>>> >>>> I am looking at the site you posted now. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> >>> What I've found is that the native FreeBSD driver for your wlan interface may >>> work. Unfortunately, it does not support secure encryption. Only WEP is >>> supported. >>> >> I am not following you here, are you saying that there is a native freebsd >> driver for the BCM4311? >> If so can you point me to it? >> >> > The one you are using, bwn(4), is it. > > The kernel message indicates that there is a device, bwn0 , that was initialized > by the bwn(4) FreeBSD driver. > Then it does not work. The device is there but on the firmware load it has a problem gives me firmware state (28713) error that repeats until you reboot. The error starts whenever you bring the interface up with ifconfig and doesn't stop