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Date:      Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:42:53 +0800
From:      Buganini <buganini@gmail.com>
To:        Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za>
Cc:        Weongyo Jeong <weongyo@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Call for Test and Review: bwn(4) - another Broadcom Wireless  driver
Message-ID:  <s2xe5b1e8d41004240842gb2387764v49366f43c0f64758@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <E1O26UJ-0000ab-SD@clue.co.za>
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No luck here, it's still keeping scanning channels.


--Buganini

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:34 AM, Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za> wrote:
> Buganini wrote:
>> Hi, I got a Lenovo G450 with
>> siba_bwn0@pci0:4:0:0: class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x04b514e4 chip=3D0x431514=
e4
>> rev=3D0x01 hdr=3D0x00
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 vendor =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =3D 'Broadcom Corporation'
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 device =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =3D 'Broadcom Wireless b/g (BCM4315/B=
CM22062000)'
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 class =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=3D network
>>
>>
>> 4315 is not in supported list, but however the driver took the device
>> bwn_v4_lp_ucode.ko was not loaded automatically, so I loaded it
>> manually ifconfig scan seem freeze, I can `ifconfig list scan` later
>> and found access point correctly, but I can't associate with them, it
>> just keep scanning channels.
>
> I found that if I 'ifconfig wlan0 destroy' followed by 'ifconfig
> wlan0 create wlandev bwn0' it works.
>
> /etc/rc.conf:
> ---
> wlans_bwn0=3D"wlan0"
> ifconfig_wlan0=3D"WPA DHCP"
> ---
>
> The corollery is that it doesn't work first time on reboot. =C2=A0I need
> to either '/etc/rc.d/netif restart' and if that panics the machine,
> destroy wlan0 and then restart netif.
>
> Then wlan0/bwn0 associates correctly with this device.
>
> Ian
>
> --
> Ian Freislich
>



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