Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 09:27:01 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: "net@freebsd.org" <net@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org" <mobile@freebsd.org>, David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Subject: Re: Recognizing & using a Broadcom wireless mini-PCI card? Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmo=ger19cWm2iZZusE6WOj2RRuhuNo448HfoT4k42T0Wng@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20150410152841.GI15644@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <20150410152841.GI15644@albert.catwhisker.org>
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Hi, Someone has to maintain / update the broadcom wifi drivers. Sorry :( -a On 10 April 2015 at 08:28, David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> wrote: > My current laptop (Dell Precision M4800) mostly works well under > FreeBSD; one of its shortcomings is that the wireless card with which it > came shows up as : > > none1@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x00171028 chip=0x43b114e4 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > class = network > > After reading bwn(4) a bit, I had thought/hoped that perhaps the > lack of recognition of the device was because I hadn't loaded the kernel modules that bwn(4) cited. So I tried inserting: > > if_bwn_load="YES" > # siba_bwn_load="YES" > bwn_v4_lp_ucode_load="YES" > bwn_v4_ucode_load="YES" > > into /boot/loader.conf & rebooting (to ensure that the modules were > present as early as possible... no joy: the above was obtained after > such a reboot. > > As a circumvention, I've swpped the iwn(4) card in from my revious > laptop, but it's not exactly ideal, either. > > How might I help get the above-described Broadcom device functional > in a FreeBSD environment? > > Thanks! > > Peace, > david > -- > David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org > Those who murder in the name of God or prophet are blasphemous cowards. > > See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key.
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