From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Mar 3 12:42:00 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 6EC6CCF51F8 for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2017 12:42:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from baho-utot@columbus.rr.com) Received: from cdptpa-oedge-vip.email.rr.com (cdptpa-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.166.228]) (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 35E0A1EAC for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2017 12:41:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from baho-utot@columbus.rr.com) Received: from [76.181.114.47] ([76.181.114.47:54676] helo=raspberrypi.bildanet.com) by cdptpa-omsmta02 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.6.9.48312 r(Core:3.6.9.0)) with ESMTP id CA/3A-16480-35469B85; Fri, 03 Mar 2017 12:40:51 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.40] (helo=desktop.example.org) by raspberrypi.bildanet.com with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1cjmVv-0002U1-9L for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 03 Mar 2017 07:40:51 -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> <903d6890-d58b-c8f8-1168-04365fc5e3f2@columbus.rr.com> <58B8E31F.80204@SDF.org> From: Baho Utot Message-ID: Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2017 07:40:51 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <58B8E31F.80204@SDF.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed 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: Fri, 03 Mar 2017 12:42:00 -0000 On 03/02/17 22:29, Cary wrote: > Baho Utot wrote: >> >> >> 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 >> > bwn(4) man page has examples of how to to create a wlan device with ifconfig(8). > > I have been through all of that, the driver or firmware has some issue. bwn0: warn: firmware state (28713) The device works with WinXp and PCLinux, doesn't work on FreeBSD 11.0