Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:48:15 -0400 From: Mark Johnston <markjdb@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Broadcom BCM4310 / bwi(4) and interface bwi0 is not showing up Message-ID: <20101024234814.GA2304@mark-laptop-bsd.mark-home>
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> I have a new laptop Acer Aspire One D250 and I want to install a > 8-CURRENT as of CVS from May 2009 (as I use this on all my laptops). > The laptop comes with as Wifi chip: > > none2 at pci0:1:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0xe01b105b chip=0x431514e4 > rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > device = 'BCM4310 USB Controller' > class = network > > I learned after searching around that it should be supported by bwi(4) > and one should install the firmware kmod from the ports. > ... > > What I am missing here? Thanks > > matthias > -- > Matthias Apitz > t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 > e <guru at unixarea.de> - w http://www.unixarea.de/ Looking at bwi/if_bwi_pci.c, it doesn't seem as though your particular chip is supported: static const struct bwi_dev { uint16_t vid; uint16_t did; const char *desc; } bwi_devices[] = { { PCI_VENDOR_BROADCOM, 0x4301,"Broadcom BCM4301 802.11b Wireless Lan" }, { PCI_VENDOR_BROADCOM, 0x4307,"Broadcom BCM4307 802.11b Wireless Lan" }, { PCI_VENDOR_BROADCOM, 0x4311,"Broadcom BCM4311 802.11b/g Wireless Lan" }, { PCI_VENDOR_BROADCOM, 0x4312,"Broadcom BCM4312 802.11a/b/g Wireless Lan" }, { PCI_VENDOR_BROADCOM, 0x4313,"Broadcom BCM4312 802.11a Wireless Lan" }, { PCI_VENDOR_BROADCOM, 0x4320,"Broadcom BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless Lan"}, { PCI_VENDOR_BROADCOM, 0x4321,"Broadcom BCM4306 802.11a Wireless Lan"}, { PCI_VENDOR_BROADCOM, 0x4325,"Broadcom BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless Lan"}, { PCI_VENDOR_BROADCOM, 0x4324,"Broadcom BCM4309 802.11a/b/g Wireless Lan" }, { PCI_VENDOR_BROADCOM, 0x4318,"Broadcom BCM4318 802.11b/g Wireless Lan" }, { PCI_VENDOR_BROADCOM, 0x4319,"Broadcom BCM4318 802.11a/b/g Wireless Lan" }, { PCI_VENDOR_BROADCOM, 0x431a,"Broadcom BCM4318 802.11a Wireless Lan" }, { 0, 0, NULL } }; -Mark
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