From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 16 23:01:19 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CDD5106566C for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:01:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gustafson.erik@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f182.google.com (mail-qy0-f182.google.com [209.85.216.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41C288FC1B for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:01:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk7 with SMTP id 7so1278484qyk.13 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:01:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=JbhoccfGsUTiNC9hUKG+CY5LyXvsepyyHWOA3YcAT1o=; b=WNftNSf0peFxt8fbgkrz/mVcbkPXy0qDhE9PEnGdmm2rL84Z6VFODVpNeaYUGq6Z2k 1e/EiOh3LODgYU/w0qPAXy0+4e1OAmADZ4DYPMJAbkBc2So1sJP475iHdo9N4Y8QxFq4 qZYtoYP9IYPPPVIV+/WXQvqzag6ZsljanMUxg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=j/q4DTE2PGiXRmJu6VBdRI/jU91Mo282iA3KkEyIHxUH7waE/U/6yIXHVdGmHG9VH7 9J5FClfZSZxozZElV+7VQG4ZeAHq0J3KsyhURUJ9XgV0QsrnoXiC5KLYlB3KXWw/2OWr Nvi7eehfJ9gmsMuD9ShO7AyAhqgrShLkgeN+4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.224.196 with SMTP id ip4mr6393247qcb.169.1289946609240; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:30:09 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.51.68 with HTTP; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:30:09 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:30:09 +0100 Message-ID: From: Erik Gustafson To: FreeBSD Mailing list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: 'Broadcom Wireless b/g (BCM4315/BCM22062000)' X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:01:19 -0000 On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 5:17 AM, b. f. wrote: > Chris Brennan wrote: > ... >>My Hiccup as the subject suggests is about my Wireless Card. >>I have been following the handbook ( >>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/config-network-setup.html) on how to = use >>64-bit Windows drivers coupled w/ ndisgen to get my wireless card working= . I >>got ndisgen to generate a kernel module but it immediately caused my lapt= op >>to reboot when the kernel was loaded. This left me scratching my head. I >>think I might need firmware (I remember having to extract firmware from t= he >>driver for linux). >> >>pciconf shows the following: >> >>[root at BlackDragon [~]# pciconf -lv | grep -A3 0x4315 >>none8 at pci0:8:0:0: =A0 =A0 =A0 class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x137c103c chip= =3D0x431514e4 >>rev=3D0x01 hdr=3D0x00 >> =A0 =A0vendor =A0 =A0 =3D 'Broadcom Corporation' >> =A0 =A0device =A0 =A0 =3D 'Broadcom Wireless b/g (BCM4315/BCM22062000)' >> =A0 =A0class =A0 =A0 =A0=3D network >>[root at BlackDragon [~]# >> >>The laptop is an HP dv2845SE and it's running FreebSD64-8.1. Let me know = if >>I missed anything. > > I'm assuming that by "FreebSD64", you mean the amd64 version of > FreeBSD. =A0Have you tried using a recent version of the native bwn(4) > driver, together with the net/bwn-firmware-kmod port, rather than > ndis(4)? > > > b. Don't know about amd64 but on i386 it works* with siba_bwn-driver. siba_bwn0@pci0:16:0:0: class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x137d103c chip=3D0x431514e= 4 rev=3D0x01 hdr=3D0x00 vendor =3D 'Broadcom Corporation' device =3D 'Broadcom Wireless b/g (BCM4315/BCM22062000)' class =3D network FreeBSD flapbsd 8.1-STABLE FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #0: Tue Jul 27 23:05:54 CEST 2010 root@flapbsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FLAPBSD i386 Id Refs Address Size Name 1 23 0xc0400000 811778 kernel 2 1 0xc0c12000 2d8f0 linux.ko 3 1 0xc0c40000 371d4 if_bwn.ko 4 2 0xc0c78000 a1dc siba_bwn.ko 5 1 0xc5ef4000 2c000 bwn_v4_lp_ucode15 6 1 0xc617c000 9000 i915.ko 7 1 0xc6185000 14000 drm.ko works*: I have problems reassociating after suspend to ram/hibernate This card worked through ndis on freebsd7/i386. /E