Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:23:23 -0500 From: Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> To: bf1783@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'Broadcom Wireless b/g (BCM4315/BCM22062000)' Message-ID: <AANLkTi=0JfMzWeNDrR8MJkDSp4hP2=Xi_agau4Pg2LO7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=s_Ysiaj8ZecV3hp8vY8Ky6_rjC6Yn7cUMYpT3@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=s_Ysiaj8ZecV3hp8vY8Ky6_rjC6Yn7cUMYpT3@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 11:17 PM, b. f. <bf1783@googlemail.com> wrote: > Chris Brennan wrote: > ... > >My Hiccup as the subject suggests is about my Wireless Card. > >I have been following the handbook ( > >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/config-network-setup.html) on how to > use > >64-bit Windows drivers coupled w/ ndisgen to get my wireless card working. > I > >got ndisgen to generate a kernel module but it immediately caused my > laptop > >to reboot when the kernel was loaded. This left me scratching my head. I > >think I might need firmware (I remember having to extract firmware from > the > >driver for linux). > > > >pciconf shows the following: > > > >[root at BlackDragon [~]# pciconf -lv | grep -A3 0x4315 > >none8 at pci0:8:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x137c103c chip=0x431514e4 > >rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 > > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > > device = 'Broadcom Wireless b/g (BCM4315/BCM22062000)' > > class = network > >[root at BlackDragon [~]# > > > >The laptop is an HP dv2845SE and it's running FreebSD64-8.1. Let me know > if > >I missed anything. > > I'm assuming that by "FreebSD64", you mean the amd64 version of > FreeBSD. Have you tried using a recent version of the native bwn(4) > driver, together with the net/bwn-firmware-kmod port, rather than > ndis(4)? > > > b. > Yes, by FreeBSD64 I am implying amd64, an oversight on my part. I was told the native bwn/bwn-firmware-kmod non-functional currently. Was I misinformed about this?
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