Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 08:32:28 +0100 From: Vladimir Botka <vbotka@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Wireless <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Cc: Alexander Perechnev <herfleisch@me.com> Subject: Re: How to make working new Broadcom chips like BCM4331? Message-ID: <20150202083228.4fc9defb@planb.netng.org> In-Reply-To: <0414D0A4-0E76-41AE-B043-453FDCBE1BCB@me.com> References: <0414D0A4-0E76-41AE-B043-453FDCBE1BCB@me.com>
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--Sig_/Wton0fIZlaLCY3dOSCRb+W4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 08:12:17 +0300 Alexander Perechnev <herfleisch@me.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, >=20 > I=E2=80=99ve installed FreeBSD 10.1 on my MacBook Pro 13 mid 2012. Everyt= hing > works pretty good, except wireless. It works with [ndis], but it > doesn=E2=80=99t work with existing [bwi-firmware-kmod] and > [bwn-firmware-kmod] facilities. >=20 > I=E2=80=99ve looked into [bwn] port Makefile > (https://github.com/aperechnev/freebsd-ports/blob/master/net/bwn-firmware= -kmod/Makefile) > and found that all it does is just to download necessary firmware > (4.150.10.5 and 4.178.10.4), extracts it via [b43-fwcutter-015] and > compiles it into kernel module. >=20 > So the first problem is that 4th gen firmware does not support my > BCM4331. >=20 > Also i=E2=80=99ve found the [siba-bwn], which recognizes the broadcom > devices: > https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/blob/master/sys/dev/siba/siba_bwn.c. >=20 > So summary it seems that it is not so hard to support my BCM4331. I > have to: >=20 > - port [b43-fwcutter-018] to FreeBSD, because earlier versions > doesn=E2=80=99t work with newest firmware > - update existing [bwn-firmware-kmod] to point it to newest firmware > - add my BCM4331 device to [siba-bwn] >=20 > I expect that after this steps my BCM4331 should be working. But I am > new in FreeBSD and I=E2=80=99m just asking you for any help like related > information, existing problems, links, etc. >=20 > I am not sure if I am right in my theory, but for me it seems that it > should work. So if you know another problems, which I don=E2=80=99t, plea= se > let me know before I go through this steps. >=20 > Thank you for excellent operating system, now it=E2=80=99s my favorite on= e! >=20 > Best regards, > Alexander Perechnev. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Hi, out of curiosity I reviewed the BCM status. IMO you don't have to port the b43-fwcutter to BSD. It would be nice, but you can use any Linux to get the firmware (from /lib/firmware/). For example. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro8-2/Oneiric#Wireless As of the support, JFYI BCM4331 Linux driver is provided by Broadcom http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README_6.30.223.248.txt ,there is no support in the Linux kernel atm https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/brcm80211 and I'm not sure, where do the bwi/bwn drivers come from (to see how probable is the support of BCM4331). bwi -- Broadcom BCM43xx IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network driver bwn -- Broadcom BCM43xx IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network driver Cheers, -vlado --Sig_/Wton0fIZlaLCY3dOSCRb+W4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUzygMAAoJEJDRmRKO1E8B1TQIAIdF8lw4nPogyqV02XW7/12c ozi26INEk+rhzxbRwMqbTXG+fapAVYMEEaDb/fmto6AJ2p85uKCjzy/FQVwOdXsz vErfXjJyfdrDp3KzyTXX6Z+UnSaOiGZJbWpBDUHcDaLdeR/BBQcFyU2jbmWkjtuZ TYtfBOFBXkBErzjLaUtVw4pkpyoGhmeBC0EGmDIGpKWM5SYyNmW0oBwiWLhcRCOU QDWkFd258oR2cuq9rDxMHBX8xmf24C8dgFwNJVgme7Olma7SrebV8GHAgRd5V6Fp sFM4X+tLJGuV3USWpDl09oaPkr2Kk8VqBz3SbrsfxXhzI5mL4oo6Cod0aKvcr2w= =FSoV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/Wton0fIZlaLCY3dOSCRb+W4--
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