From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 27 22:01:40 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 98F60951 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 22:01:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pd0-x22c.google.com (mail-pd0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c02::22c]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 68BF51482 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 22:01:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pdbnk13 with SMTP id nk13so142269230pdb.0 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:01:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=GFkTvXUFG69OSuslIB2jfhoYhUmGpyV+t7by8dgM56o=; b=QNKEwulN8xlUBNAhvUAKgMbi+PpdHbaW43+7kaeDaDfXO6LQknV1tNaOSj5dIamApT kqhYKXBTrZMJXVnnxxssDBbmSyGn0Y63oL4EyXhOq/Peuq5dsvxNZCJ7Ds5XpsJdzxVe UB0WQgW+OS33xt49ycrAX8d4M/qh6/iNlEK4CENoK+0s2JI2B7RAncWmA1cvmm0vt1Cx tpCrGW/lkOcGvQmgIFlWZHNzTcONmjGQ2B0ZrF+2aZRFCLwQD3NbyGVipFfJ0kYK9JeY Wmqirpiv4gQtKc/0FgQ/J0YUJ7PJ9SJhBFRlbg+IzE2Br20CC1avZXzuH1VtnI4GLFp8 Id6Q== X-Received: by 10.66.63.7 with SMTP id c7mr26366147pas.13.1430172099905; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:01:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.10] (c211-30-51-180.frank3.vic.optusnet.com.au. [211.30.51.180]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id qv9sm20492801pab.27.2015.04.27.15.01.36 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:01:38 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2093\)) Subject: Re: Any success stories for BCM 4331? From: Felix Friedlander In-Reply-To: <9E628EE1-0B7C-40C3-B96A-92F1F3794976@jnielsen.net> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:01:21 +1000 Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <9E628EE1-0B7C-40C3-B96A-92F1F3794976@jnielsen.net> To: John Nielsen X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2093) X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 22:01:40 -0000 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 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