From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 8 01:33:01 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 61F579C8 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 01:33:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-x233.google.com (mail-ig0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::233]) (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 25F1DD66 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 01:33:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by igblo3 with SMTP id lo3so27963050igb.1 for ; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:33:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=9aTVyW1CaLe66BeB9UxvWkORPghpTL8ggcKDe5ht2/o=; b=HzZpjiTqVMgyoA1vfJj3yfeismnOo+aAfYip1SRw1UrcoDO+790zkYtdxP2PW6vAMQ G074HkSg6ziXysAN8AHnH/h1UlJqdJPdAg6oejFdZ7ETA27lOP2QzDELFzSnYEcYdH+2 gM+q4txh5r9FkwibvlCAtfiwtFmolFYutDFWbLEkDBgNsiKpyYzJzpDjn5Jvli8iGPFh x/I+NnhFdTPdHfBbOKqZ8kNKbUBt43swZuvcD3nLJI6RrTU60Lt64qiZFozva0TcjamY cXHXzsp2mMCQzNr8iOlF+2D2OSM9U+1tVWpYSDMziD+WqucrSvCK6Jmfti6hFQv2P5SU AR1A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.155.13 with SMTP id d13mr34624914ioe.29.1428456780424; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:33:00 -0700 (PDT) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.36.17.194 with HTTP; Tue, 7 Apr 2015 18:33:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20150407063452.GA918@phewbox> References: <20150407063452.GA918@phewbox> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 18:33:00 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: imsM2ZYES8MkUwyZz4ys9TzvSpE Message-ID: Subject: Re: Updating bwn to support newer chipsets From: Adrian Chadd To: Felix Friedlander , "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 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: Wed, 08 Apr 2015 01:33:01 -0000 Hi, sorry, I have broadcom PCIe devices but no time to help :( -a On 6 April 2015 at 23:34, Felix Friedlander wrote: > Hello all, > I am trying to expand the bwn driver to support some newer-model Broadcom= chips, like the BCM4331 in my machine. These chips require newer firmware,= and so I have modified bwn-firmware-kmod to use a newer firmware. However,= I do not have a device with one of the chips currently supported, so I can= not be sure that this change won't break things. Do any of you have a devic= e that you are willing to try with the new firmware? > > The changes are quite simple: > > --- Makefile.orig 2014-01-27 08:52:12.000000000 +1100 > +++ Makefile 2015-04-07 08:31:46.000000000 +1000 > @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ > # $FreeBSD: head/net/bwn-firmware-kmod/Makefile 341294 2014-01-26 21:52:= 12Z bapt $ > > PORTNAME=3D bwn-firmware > -PORTVERSION=3D 0.1.0 > +PORTVERSION=3D 0.2.0 > CATEGORIES=3D net > MASTER_SITES=3D http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/ \ > http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/ > @@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ > WRKSRC=3D ${WRKDIR} > FWNAME=3D bwn_v4 > FWFILE=3D broadcom-wl-${FWVERSION}.tar.bz2 > -FWVERSION=3D 4.150.10.5 > +FWVERSION=3D 5.100.138 > KMODNAME=3D ${FWNAME}_ucode > FWNAME_LP=3D bwn_v4_lp > FWFILE_LP=3D broadcom-wl-${FWVERSION_LP}.tar.bz2 > -FWVERSION_LP=3D 4.178.10.4 > +FWVERSION_LP=3D 5.100.138 > KMODNAME_LP=3D ${FWNAME_LP}_ucode > PLIST_SUB=3D KMODNAME=3D"${KMODNAME}" \ > KMODNAME_LP=3D"${KMODNAME_LP}" > @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ > tar xjf ${DISTDIR}/${FWFILE} > mkdir -p ${WRKSRC}/bg > b43-fwcutter -w ${WRKSRC}/bg \ > - ${WRKSRC}/broadcom-wl-${FWVERSION}/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o > + ${WRKSRC}/broadcom-wl-${FWVERSION}/linux/wl_apsta.o > ${TOUCH} ${WRKSRC}/bg/v4/ucode.fw > > @${ECHO_CMD} "KMOD=3D ${KMODNAME}" > ${WRKSRC}/bg/v4/Makefile > --- distinfo.orig 2014-01-23 02:30:13.000000000 +1100 > +++ distinfo 2015-04-07 08:37:10.000000000 +1000 > @@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ > SIZE (broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2) =3D 3888794 > SHA256 (broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4.tar.bz2) =3D 32f6ad98facbb9045646fdc8b54b= b03086d204153253f9c65d0234a5d90ae53f > SIZE (broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4.tar.bz2) =3D 5986780 > +SHA256 (broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2) =3D f1e7067aac5b62b67b8b6e4c51799= 0277804339ac16065eb13c731ff909ae46f > > Any help would be much appreciated. > -- > Felix Friedlander