Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:25:37 +0300 From: "Dmitriy A Lebedev" <dmitriy@lebedew.ru> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: bwi driver issue Message-ID: <ximss-4533979@lebedew.ru>
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Hi All!
I'm using { PCI_VENDOR_BROADCOM, 0x4320,"Broadcom BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless
Lan"} network card.
I have a little problem with bwi wireless driver at FreeBSD 8.0 RC2 (the
same problem was at RC1 too).
It doesn't worK for me:
According to man bwi instructions, I have added if_bwi_load="YES" into
/boot/defaults/loader.conf, and install /usr/ports/net/bwi-firmware-kmod
port.
Next, i have ran pciconf -lvcb to check hardware, and found the following
output:
none4@pci0:1:4:0: class=0x028000 card=0x12f8103c chip=0x432014e4
rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
device = '802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (BCM4309)'
class = network
bar [10] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xff7fc000, size 8192, enabled
So, the hardware is recognized by system.
Next, I have tried to find new bwi interface at ifconfig, but it wasn't
appeared there.
The results of kldload if_bwi were very strange: can't load if_bwi: No such
file or directory
Finally, there is no the appropriate file at /boot/kernel.
So.. I suppose I need to use another method from man and compile this driver
into kernel.
But there is very clear information at man bwi instructions:
" Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
following line in loader.conf(5):
if_bwi_load="YES"
And it doesn't work. Is it a some kind of bug, or mistake in documentation?
Thanks in advance.
Sincerely yours,
Dmitriy A Lebedev
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