Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:01:21 +1000 From: Felix Friedlander <felixphew0@gmail.com> To: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any success stories for BCM 4331? Message-ID: <C3171AA0-59B8-4657-9B60-33D6BA10DF29@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9E628EE1-0B7C-40C3-B96A-92F1F3794976@jnielsen.net> References: <9E628EE1-0B7C-40C3-B96A-92F1F3794976@jnielsen.net>
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No, I have tried both ways and it is currently not supported - full stop = (at least on 64bit installs, apparently it is possible to make 32-bit = ones work with ndis(4) ). I am currently working on upgrading bwn(4) to = support these newer cards however I am still a way off. I=E2=80=99ll let = you know what I find! I have a mid-2012 13=E2=80=9D BTW, it=E2=80=99s = going great (apart from wifi obviously). > On 28 Apr 2015, at 2:49 am, John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> wrote: >=20 > I have a mid-2012 15=E2=80=9D Retina MacbookPro10,1. I=E2=80=99ve been = mostly successful getting FreeBSD to run on it (I=E2=80=99ll do a blog = post on that later), but haven=E2=80=99t had any luck with the built-in = wireless: >=20 > none4@pci0:4:0:0: class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x00ef106b = chip=3D0x433114e4 rev=3D0x02 hdr=3D0x00 > vendor =3D 'Broadcom Corporation' > device =3D 'BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n' > class =3D network >=20 > Some googling led me to believe that although this chip isn=E2=80=99t = supported by bwn(4), it ought to work with ndis(4). However, I haven=E2=80= =99t had any success. Modules I load based on bcmwl664.sys (I=E2=80=99ve = found and tried several different versions) just complain that there is = =E2=80=9Cno match for=E2=80=9D a bunch of function names and then I get = =E2=80=9CNDIS dummy called=E2=80=A6=E2=80=9D. >=20 > Modules I load based on bcmwl564.sys seem to identify the card, but = then I get =E2=80=9Cdriver attach returned 12=E2=80=9D and no usable = interface. >=20 > Does anyone have any ideas or pointers to a specific Windows driver = that works with NDIS? >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > John Nielsen >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Felix Friedlander <felixphew0@gmail.com>
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