Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:04:02 -0400 From: Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@insightbb.com> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BWN driver error messages Message-ID: <201009081104.02996.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinoKxtLWnpWYx1ny=r2OMLNBQOJAPJD1rkk07a4@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=XfUJWOYs3VKzXw=ZOyQJ0vFVp-n9bfGhnD5%2BY@mail.gmail.com> <201009081044.41114.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> <AANLkTinoKxtLWnpWYx1ny=r2OMLNBQOJAPJD1rkk07a4@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wednesday 08 September 2010 10:49:54 Eitan Adler wrote: > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@insightbb.com> wrote: > > On Wednesday 08 September 2010 10:21:44 Eitan Adler wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Steven Friedrich > >> <FreeBSD@insightbb.com> > > > > wrote: > >> > On Tuesday 07 September 2010 21:46:43 Eitan Adler wrote: > >> >> When I attempt to use the if_bwn driver I get the following messages: > >> >> > >> >> Is my card not supported or am I missing a step or is it something > >> >> else? > >> > >> ... > >> > >> > You need a package or port of: > >> > bwn-firmware-kmod-0.1.0 Broadcom AirForce IEEE 802.11 Firmware Kernel > >> > Module > >> > >> The closest port I find is > >> > >> net/bwi-firmware-kmod > >> > >> > >> # locate bwn-|grep ports|wc -l > >> 0 > >> > >> When I searched for firmware using make quicksearch key="firmware" I > >> found net/bwn-firmware-kmod but it does not exist > >> > >> ls -lao /usr/ports/net/bwn-firmware-kmod > >> ls: /usr/ports/net/bwn-firmware-kmod: No such file or directory > > > > I'm sorry, I read your post too quickly and missed where you clearly > > stated the problem. > > > > You said: > >> ls: /usr/ports/net/bwn-firmware-kmod: No such file or directory > > > > This indicates that you need to update your ports tree. Do you know how? > > [root@AlphaBeta ~ ]# !portsn > [root@AlphaBeta ~ ]# portsnap fetch update > Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 5 mirrors found. > Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap5.FreeBSD.org... done. > Latest snapshot on server matches what we already have. > No updates needed. > Removing old files and directories... done. > Extracting new files: > Building new INDEX files... done. > [root@AlphaBeta ~ ]# grep "REFUSE" /etc/portsnap.conf > # can cause problems due to missing dependencies. If you have REFUSE > REFUSE arabic chinese french german hungarian japanese > REFUSE korean polish portuguese russian ukrainian vietnamese I'm not familiar with portsnap, so I'll let someone else troublehoot that. But I want to mention that the port was added to the tree six months ago...
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