From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 11 16:23:20 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71DE4106566C; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:23:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4149F8FC21; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:23:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (66.111.2.69.static.nyinternet.net [66.111.2.69]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E839D46B49; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:23:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from jhbbsd.localnet (smtp.hudson-trading.com [209.249.190.9]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 32A028A01D; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:23:19 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:42:19 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.1 (FreeBSD/7.2-CBSD-20091103; KDE/4.3.1; amd64; ; ) References: <20091223035331.GA1293@weongyo> <20100110061631.GT1491@weongyo> <426bed111001100130u61bbeb03s242dd012abc76a5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <426bed111001100130u61bbeb03s242dd012abc76a5@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201001111042.19334.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:23:19 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.1 at bigwig.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=4.2 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on bigwig.baldwin.cx Cc: Weongyo Jeong , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for Test and Review: bwn(4) - another Broadcom Wireless driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:23:20 -0000 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 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