From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 16 19:35:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BA821065678 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:35:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f14.google.com (mail-bw0-f14.google.com [209.85.218.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A06948FC12 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:35:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by bwz7 with SMTP id 7so8051935bwz.19 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:35:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=ali/MozwvwH4KWLkIeMtPMPYmzNmqCs0ng53DrqIUIk=; b=EZmEeqTHY8ZKcjRCz0AtU76JSGFqnNGJaVyJh5G3QE3PUK3OrAU+e0ws1uXnHXAp+v K8svgQ6BNO3jdKmj5zPW7jooeyMAm2IniajWyc2qosI7eBuDhSt9HSqG4f/Eq5+GZA4y jIDOxnz2MVdBBFkD9/Q7JYME4SXtkrIQoEUPo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=Qy73F65u+qGCQ7SsM8ODZQFZME5m10cBOm2o+WpiSM+lMO4ghGF3OE4K0EuBVchTmo Vtr1J57+rRUKOgjJtW0utR6/fAIKAMrxxOoLgK/kVqam7TpUSU4UFx5K+mXIaKgtqjHZ A9hbA75UXeXPs0w++TQAGRfOSDycSGiHVhJjc= Received: by 10.103.229.12 with SMTP id g12mr3636513mur.87.1229455939991; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:32:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.103.169.16 with HTTP; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:32:19 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4ad871310812161132y5313006buea7e0c5033ea3041@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:32:19 -0500 From: "Glen Barber" To: "Alexey Ivanov" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BCM43XX Wireless drivers X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:35:16 -0000 On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Alexey Ivanov wrote: > In my notebook i have > > ndis0@pci0:48:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x1371103c chip=0x431214e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > device = 'BCM4310 broadcom wireless 1490 (dell)' > class = network > cap 01[40] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0 > cap 09[58] = vendor (length 120) > cap 05[e8] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit > cap 10[d0] = PCI-Express 1 endpoint > > and as i know it's currently not supported by FreeBSD. > I've downloaded http://paradox.lissyara.su/bwi.01.tar.bz2 (it's sources from some p4 branch that is actually dragonflybsd bwi driver port) but still no luck, cause all modern broadcom cards need v4 firmware. > I also extracted/built v4_150 broadcom firmware (http://opticomspb.ru/~savetherbtz/freebsd/bwi/bwifw_v4_150.tar.bz2) and found site with it's cpecs http://bcm-v4.sipsolutions.net/ on which Linux driver is based > > But with my knowledge of C i can't write driver =( > FreeBSD forums thread here http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=170 > > Is there any work going that way? Or Broadcom Wi-fi will always be unsupported on FreBSD. Until broadcom releases the specs on their hardware, NDIS is our only solution. I used the .INF and .SYS files from my WinXP driver disk for my Dell laptop (Inspiron b120) and ndisgen. Besides no LED light when the card is active, it works (but is a pain sometimes). Also, it supports WPA/WEP. My suggestion is a USB adapter (preferably Atheros). Regards. -- Glen Barber "If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done." --Scott Adams