Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 20:33:48 -0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Andy Mender <andymenderunix@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Broadcom BCM 43xx wireless chips Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmo=7HgehLuuUs8rEyPDs0bBGprrRgeAbTmmN2oRc2ViCBA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHVfhufmJK2uacPAdv2fhSTN=2NupaevPyO2O2zDCXSfHmzVYw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHVfhufmJK2uacPAdv2fhSTN=2NupaevPyO2O2zDCXSfHmzVYw@mail.gmail.com>
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hi! You need to compile with a specific kernel option added. add this: options BWN_GPL_PHY and recompile. See if that works! -a On 10 November 2016 at 22:17, Andy Mender <andymenderunix@gmail.com> wrote: > Fellow FreeBSD users and developers, > > I just returned to FreeBSD after some light distro-hopping and wanted to > test > drivers for the Broadcom wireless BCM4322 chip. bwi doesn't work at all, as > it does not recognize this chip (no surprises there), however bwn recognizes > the chip and both siba and bwn get attached. However, the driver throws some > errors and detaches with exit code 6. Regardless, I feel like there is some > hope > in getting this to work! > > As I understood from previous discussions, Adrian is working on the bwn > driver. > How is it coming along? I know that me and a lot of other FreeBSD users are > running FreeBSD on MacBooks (either natively or via virtualization) and it > would > be a major breakthrough if we could get the pesky Broadcom NICs to > cooperate :). > > I would be more than willing to participate in a "pilot program", should > end-user > testing me of importance. > > Best regards, > Andy > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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