From owner-freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Thu Nov 17 06:38:13 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@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 BE4D2C4693D for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 06:38:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andymenderunix@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ua0-x229.google.com (mail-ua0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c08::229]) (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 765A2184C for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 06:38:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andymenderunix@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ua0-x229.google.com with SMTP id b35so134512590uaa.3 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 22:38:13 -0800 (PST) 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=ru9O4Inz7ke5Y4K+UiWAvmw+d4O8yMk8uapLUlcCNec=; b=MXu8b2i/7jZZ0HPo8JZ+sGWg4uT0OAcLyiCIJHZae0IeoAHyfJ8HPEf/sxtz82/TKR FrgxtxhBbkzPkiC9ekJW9sZq0gTmPAhHP5NbFmp311kxJbJHoCrId8pShe1rkbZzVghW qwE9yyUx0TSEnAVpKcSeJqeZXNe6u96qrmXMutufr0U1/jufTyisLAgctk/jEbGzuugN dh2imFshwSiyFBgudB2cIPptn7OGI5z75xn0uTxcSuj016d/ZHvQAqtTurR7GA4eWCWn moP0RCJGhPPdYEkXs4I9hVdK64r6yGOrajmqi48ztvOv6Q7KmmL5Kcj+mZ2dvHkTi1R3 LRQg== 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=ru9O4Inz7ke5Y4K+UiWAvmw+d4O8yMk8uapLUlcCNec=; b=RWrKi1gZdZSBza+ILE6WuyqgfjGayWsQP3B8YE7hiLk39AoqonVp7vN8tTwYtGwzbD zNBON2e20toxLkhO+7mzILZjgTIntQdZuif6JuKUffmaP6rvzevU2uk5Ty8CizkHLk3P oj6xb2xPMxaYGyJmkM7sMYmG24QUqlEIyJ4665wZjfVskbGtkaUS7RTeAlbpCqphtCrx U2FQU2E2YcJ17Z4i3p6kXl8xk1jCbOdehlIrOu6zA2d6ienzEp42TyM0CR/1KuaRn/rj LsW22P3FE7vWxxq4+72VcgP2GlR9zLPCnrZMiHsEaWl9XNYzeX1DeJ7p5+LzVzEF9nv7 p6sA== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC02+n/CUZKFAd6qpNNZIhznBLplc4XGIzLCA30unniQhDUCnv+yII01fbFXntuBNd3K1sjxfdBm//nck9Q== X-Received: by 10.176.84.152 with SMTP id p24mr597051uaa.76.1479364692444; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 22:38:12 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.103.6.3 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 22:38:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Andy Mender Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 07:38:12 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Broadcom BCM 43xx wireless chips To: Ben Woods , freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 06:38:13 -0000 Dear Adrian, Ben, sysctl.net.wlan.devices returns only the urtwn0 interface (from a TP-LINK USB dongle I use to get any connection). Below, please find the output of "dmesg | grep bwn": andy@mb-2008:~ % dmesg | grep bwn link_elf_obj: symbol bwn_nphy_op_allocate undefined KLD file if_bwn.ko - could not finalize loading siba_bwn0: mem 0xd3100000-0xd3103fff at device 0.0 on pci3 siba_bwn0: warn: multiple PCI(E) cores siba_bwn0: unsupported coreid (USB 2.0 Device) siba_bwn0: unsupported coreid (unknown) siba_bwn0: unsupported coreid (Internal Memory) How should I proceed? Best regards, Andy On 16 November 2016 at 23:35, Ben Woods wrote: > > On Wed., 16 Nov. 2016 at 8:09 pm, Andy Mender > wrote: > >> Dear Adrian, >> >> I set the mentioned option (BWN_GPL_PHY just below the bwn driver) in the >> kernel config file and recompiled the STABLE kernel. >> Now the additional message about BWN_GPL_PHY is gone, but there is some >> 2-3 >> features listed as unsupported. The driver gets attached to the network >> card as siba_bwn0, but no interface is created by ifconfig. >> >> What should be the name of the interface in /etc/rc.conf - siba_bwn0 or >> bwn0? >> >> Otherwise, paradox added a link to some Broadcom device datasheets from >> Cypress: http://www.cypress.com/search/all?f[0]=meta_type% >> 3Atechnical_documents&f[1]=resource_meta_type%3A575&f[2]= >> field_related_products%3A110101 >> >> I had a quick look and although bcm4321 and bcm4322 are not on the list, >> bcm4318, bcm4319 and bcm4325 are. Might be relevant to further testing and >> writing drivers in general. >> >> Best regards, >> Andy >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@ >> freebsd.org" >> > > Hi Andy, > > Since 11.0-RELEASE FreeBSD no longer shows the parent interface for > wireless devices in ifconfig. It will only show the cloned wlan0 device > once it is created. > > To determine which wireless devices are available to clone to a wlan0 > interface, use the following command: > $ sysctl net.wlan.devices > > Once you have found the wireless device, set it up using the normal method: > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-wireless.html > > Good luck! > > Regards, > Ben >