Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:42:19 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Weongyo Jeong <weongyo@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for Test and Review: bwn(4) - another Broadcom Wireless driver Message-ID: <201001111042.19334.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <426bed111001100130u61bbeb03s242dd012abc76a5@mail.gmail.com> References: <20091223035331.GA1293@weongyo> <20100110061631.GT1491@weongyo> <426bed111001100130u61bbeb03s242dd012abc76a5@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sunday 10 January 2010 4:30:13 am Rohit Grover wrote: > Hi Weongyo, > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.jeong@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 06:41:21PM +1300, Rohit Grover wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> > Please try attached patch in bwn_probe() and show me dmesg output. ?If > >> > bwn(4) doesn't print anything that means ssb(4) works incorrectly. ?But > >> > there are some outputs and bwn(4) doesn't be attached then your device > >> > revision isn't supported. > >> > > >> > >> > >> After applying your patch, I get the following upon loading if_bwn: > >> > >> bwn0: vendor 0x4243 cid 0x812 rev 12 > >> > >> Therefore, I should infer that the device revision isn't supported? > > > > Yes it looks your revision isn't supported. > > > >> Do you know when this device might be supported? > > > > I think it could be supported when bwn(4) supports N PHYs I hope. > > Not being able to use the wireless hardware on my current laptop with > FreeBSD has caused me inconvenience to the point where I am seriously > contemplating the purchase of a new laptop. > Is there even a remote possibility that you may be able to estimate > when bwn(4) may be able to support such hardware? You might try ndis(4). I am using it for my Broadcom wireless card with an N- phy until bwn(4) supports my part natively. -- John Baldwin
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