From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 18 05:11:44 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEC891065672 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:11:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grarpamp@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f54.google.com (mail-pz0-f54.google.com [209.85.210.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C837B8FC0C for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:11:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk32 with SMTP id 32so532307pzk.13 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:11:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type; bh=Qf7ceHw/uyIzXs9LoR6AFOKUxDfhV8OGvXxnMNyQC9I=; b=RTFR1jXrWiDcqrzfwzINE10Opqa6ZqzB4u6xbn+iOV1kp6cle7adVIW8zHIIuPDNVM PeLEATdQvbKAfge5zZSoTOByDj/1D1HNrsNzxhYc9Vlip4Aohs0KqbmHHl/NLANctuV8 Q0EhEs5uwYtmUYoClSNCIWdLMX4GyRQ/OZn1U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=h81gQbndl7EMRclsALFqW8f7goqSPjwiHgYXLGz6Qc1Rxa1eYcmp/sRMDnvwZ5A9tX xAFRZ/+ky3lwwJOARcz5DTTi0hDIc0qKz4LferZUm/NJmowgHGcRMY9a7F3a90WK8vmB NfDbQBE9mK1UXSAuFP2HFIfir2IjxsUuzcEOI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.216.1 with SMTP id o1mr214473wfg.190.1298004238275; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:43:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.128.18 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:43:58 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:43:58 -0500 Message-ID: From: grarpamp To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: swhetzel@gmail.com Subject: bwi vs. bwn X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:11:45 -0000 I have a BCM94312MCG, which driver should I choose and why? The man pages are nearly identical. It appears that bwn is newer/maintained? And more modular with siba? Can the newer upstream firmware at openwrt be used with bwn-firmware-kmod? http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.3.tar.bz2 Where did the firmware blobs in the above file come from, here? http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/ As a result of being written to this spec project? http://bcm-specs.sipsolutions.net/ http://bcm-v4.sipsolutions.net/ With what I gather so far, I don't think they do? Or from Broadcom, in a windows blob, which fwcutter is used with? That's the part I'm not sure of. Where do I find the parent blob drivers? broadcom.com doesn't seem to have any 802.11 wireless files, as if it's all OEM. And how might this come into play? http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php Trying to put the pieces together. Thanks.