Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 10:41:20 -0400 From: Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@insightbb.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Subject: Re: BWN driver error messages Message-ID: <201009081041.21361.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTincNzg9P=WN68TJ10K11zN0RBeD7chWBMTiftFZ@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=XfUJWOYs3VKzXw=ZOyQJ0vFVp-n9bfGhnD5%2BY@mail.gmail.com> <201009072224.58398.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> <AANLkTincNzg9P=WN68TJ10K11zN0RBeD7chWBMTiftFZ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wednesday 08 September 2010 10:21:44 Eitan Adler wrote: > On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@insightbb.com> wrote: > > On Tuesday 07 September 2010 21:46:43 Eitan Adler wrote: > >> When I attempt to use the if_bwn driver I get the following messages: > >> > >> Is my card not supported or am I missing a step or is it something else? > > ... > > > You need a package or port of: > > bwn-firmware-kmod-0.1.0 Broadcom AirForce IEEE 802.11 Firmware Kernel > > Module > > The closest port I find is > > net/bwi-firmware-kmod > > > # locate bwn-|grep ports|wc -l > 0 > > When I searched for firmware using make quicksearch key="firmware" I > found net/bwn-firmware-kmod but it does not exist > > ls -lao /usr/ports/net/bwn-firmware-kmod > ls: /usr/ports/net/bwn-firmware-kmod: No such file or directory See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=bwn-firmware-kmod+&stype=all You should have a directory under /usr/ports/net named bwn-firmware-kmod. If you don't, then you need to update your ports skeleton. You should also be able to just use a package, like: pkg_fetch bwn-firmware-kmod or with portupgrade -N bwn-firmware-kmod HTH.
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