From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Oct 12 16:26:19 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F290C0EF9C for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:26:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jd1008@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vk0-x22d.google.com (mail-vk0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c05::22d]) (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 3974CF5B for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:26:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jd1008@gmail.com) Received: by mail-vk0-x22d.google.com with SMTP id b186so50574210vkb.1 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:26:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=Lp6G17LMUQE4zkJE5ib41ALS31y8fXvwZleeJG/ICaM=; b=wBz0P4x8H3XFuRkZv+dN/H9sJ05OMm6xUMzQOGUESkvMcstSEBOrtpYE+zWMfu1bCA 73ptXEGHzld+dYJWUP0gYdZzpe6rDd/JeGXYRzzcywKM9/9ye+RlspJRNCyKHY0PYSLV UivUkc5l9yNGvLdrpjeYveChblPLdlU0GPlw33isMVUki6WFFuOOp2Fd2SJRA7keJK3L B0d08+Pl3O5TIeSsbbP21MsE0N7bKKHPp1763dZOlusXNI9tX6S4epNNFzJutrwVFUrR Br28UO+9h29cbod3Kyp3UOhNJ2CHhgVsdpez/fTooYbX9ATPBoiqWb0gkuF+3sTx9njg Oj1g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=Lp6G17LMUQE4zkJE5ib41ALS31y8fXvwZleeJG/ICaM=; b=lHxdCz1221p4M3OdkMOfN6U4L3gpY8HJzxROLYLb9an29G9UUZQiBBM40adDa4F4sa 5Xn977h5X+sqoAXy4y0nvKr7/W0GpKZNZRYiWJam30zEG1ehWPKhUsjXS2dHuqLUK47M zSnVvpEPKzh4KtboFxQz9928tpWyyfjng5G9DeWFbBugmg4HCjjFprTy28WMF1a2wN+E OmUF7DOcYFLx0SwX+9sHpx2aC6Su1BX4PcE7Eu2JBhhjrWaVN+b0kRqH1Rx7tdWOZ9vg CqQI2o92BmEQXgleYsww1deAK0dYUMmYopJ8/r7z8xuHGXWeP6+NC/C5P6MNigFYtLlH M4NA== X-Gm-Message-State: AA6/9RlCKyi4ypsHgBrR/i7yNdUlZUzHnJgrTW7Nihg+2LbOfYQZjuAgcjxwERyTFCZ7XrV36p3gZPidWPpFZQ== X-Received: by 10.31.86.132 with SMTP id k126mr1113505vkb.11.1476289578164; Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:26:18 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.176.2.234 with HTTP; Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:25:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <46DF07BE-6D57-4B7E-BBAB-C257791E072C@gmail.com> From: JD Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:25:37 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Broadcom wireless BCM4313 To: FreeBSD Users Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:26:19 -0000 I cannot find 10.3 kernel source package online. Start by looking at http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Olaoluwa Omokanwaiye wrote: > Hi, thanks > It was going successfully but had a hitch because I had not install kernel > source tree while installing my FreeBSD 10.3. > The kernel source tree us needed for successful conversion of windows > driver. how can I install the kernel source tree at this point since I > didn't install during previous installation. I am using FreeBSD > 10.3-RELEASE-p7 > > Warm regards > Ola > > Sent from my MotoE2(4G-LTE) > > On 10 Oct 2016 16:59, "JD" wrote: > >> On URL https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/26616/ >> you will find this solution using windos XP driver and ndis. >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> --------------- >> nox@ said: >> There's a link to a Windows XP driver that can be used for this nic with >> ndis(4) on FreeBSD/PCBSD >= 9.0 in the PCBSD wiki: >> http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Wireless_Testing. If you are on amd64 >> like me you may get a panic "Unregistered use of FPU in kernel", the fix >> for that is in gnats: >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=165622. >> >> PS: Assuming you have kernel sources installed and the patch from that >> ticket applies to 9.0 too (I only tested head) you can just rebuild and >> install ndis.ko instead of rebuilding the entire kernel: >> # cd /usr/src/sys/modules/ndis && make && make install >> >> HTH, [image: :)] >> Juergen >> >> I just got my Broadcom BCM4313 up and running yesterday by checking out >> that PC-BSD Wiki! >> >> I just downloaded the drivers on my Windows computer, extracted the >> driver files, and transferred the necessary ones (bcmwl5.inf, >> bcmwl564.sys, bcm43xx64.cat and bcmwlcoi64.dll, since I am running >> amd64) over to my FreeBSD machine using a USB memory stick. >> >> I then had to convert the files to FreeBSD kernel modules by using >> ndisgen, however, since one of the driver files was encoded in UTF-8 >> ndisgen required converters/libiconv, so that had to be installed first:# >> cd /usr/ports/converters/libiconv && make install cleanAll I had to do >> next was to run ndisgen and follow the instructions. I should mention >> that, for some reason, I had to run ndisgen from another directory than >> the driver files were located in, otherwise ndisgen failed to build the >> kernel modules. >> >> Once ndisgen had finished I ended up with three .KO files, which I >> placed in the /boot/modules directory. I was unable to load these files >> using /boot/loader.conf, so I ended up making a /etc/rc.d script which >> can be found here . >> Save the script to /etc/rc.d/bcm4313 and run:# chmod a-w+rx >> /etc/rc.d/bcm4313 >> >> Done! >> >> On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 5:14 AM, Olaoluwa Omokanwaiye < >> laoluomoks@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> Pls how can I get the above wireless card to be recognized and function >>> on my FreeBSD 10.3 >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe >>> @freebsd.org" >>> >> >>