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Date:      Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:51:55 -0700
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Steve Wills <swills@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [rfc] removing the NDISulator
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bwn(4) requires a lot more than just an additional PCI ID.

The driver is somewhat architected for all the different RF and PHY modules
that plug into the internal bus (the whole SIBA thing) but it does sorely
need updating.

Thanks,


-adrian



On 18 October 2013 14:04, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 10/18/13 16:01, Steve Kargl wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 08:53:54PM +0000, Steve Wills wrote:
>>
>>> I would love to have a native driver for this:
>>>
>>> none2@pci0:2:0:0:
>>>      class=0x028000 card=0x00101028 chip=0x472714e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>>>      vendor     = 'Broadcom Corporation'
>>>      device     = 'BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller'
>>>      class      = network
>>>
>>> Are there docs or other drivers available that we could look at?
>>>
>>>  Please, don't top post as it loses context.
>>
>> http://www.broadcom.com/**support/802.11/linux_sta.php<http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php>;
>>
>>
> Have you looked at bwn(4)? It might just need an additional PCI ID.
> -Nathan
>



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