Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2012 13:12:51 -0700 (PDT) From: "Waitman Gobble" <uzimac@da3m0n8t3r.com> To: "Waitman Gobble" <uzimac@da3m0n8t3r.com> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BCM94313 Message-ID: <1339272771.39213@da3m0n8t3r.com> In-Reply-To: <1339270443.70083@da3m0n8t3r.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --bound1339272771 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Waitman Gobble <uzimac@da3m0n8t3r.com> wrote .. > Hi, > > I bought an HP dv6-6c48us this morning, FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT runs great, no issues > except wireless. Xorg, graphics, sound, etc works perfectly. > > I immediately tore off the back panel and ripped out the Broadcom wireless/bt card > and put in an Atheros AR5B195 1/2 height BT combo... but apparently the bios doesn't > like it, refuses to even try to boot, and reports a message about an 'unsupported > wireless device.. remove and restart machine'. > > so i'm guess i'm stuck with BC... Or maybe I can look at using coreboot to replace > the bios so i can use whatever wireless card i feel like, but first i suppose i'll > try getting the BC card to work first. > > They covered up the id info with a label (isn't the fcc id like a requirement? > not sure.). The p/n is 657325-001. I found it listed on ebay as BCM94313HMGBL. > It does not look like bwi and bwn kernel modules will work with this card. > > I haven't tried bluetooth yet, but the bt kernel module seems to identify the hardware > properly and it looks like it will work. Which is odd, at least to me, b/c I think > the BC wireless is a BT combo.. but maybe they are independent devices glued to > the same board. not sure. > > Does anyone have a recommendation to get the wireless card working... I might have > to hunt down the win32 driver and use ndis... (?) or perhaps somebody here has > experience with an hp, chucking the bios and replacing with coreboot... but i think > i'm holding off on that. > > Thanks! > > > -- > Waitman Gobble > San Jose California USA ooops, sorry - the drivers for this machine, on the hp site, are for a realtek wireless card. at the moment i only have the hp part model which is reported as bc.. still checking into it. -- Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA --bound1339272771--
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