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Date:      Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:34:55 +0200
From:      Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za>
To:        Buganini <buganini@gmail.com>
Cc:        Weongyo Jeong <weongyo@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Call for Test and Review: bwn(4) - another Broadcom Wireless driver 
Message-ID:  <E1O26UJ-0000ab-SD@clue.co.za>
In-Reply-To: <y2ze5b1e8d41004132259t1c7d499x2c12253942f41969@mail.gmail.com> 
References:  <y2ze5b1e8d41004132259t1c7d499x2c12253942f41969@mail.gmail.com> <20100226005115.GP14937@weongyo> <20100228095259.GB3536@weongyo> <20100301103240.3a4aac8a.ray@dlink.ua> <20100303082833.GB22865@weongyo> <20100303111014.6564ea1e.ray@dlink.ua> <20100312231333.GZ1295@weongyo> <20100313231205.5e68a89a.ray@ddteam.net> <20100314005558.GB88159@weongyo> <20100315004357.fca53c7f.ray@ddteam.net> <20100316225113.GF88159@weongyo> 

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Buganini wrote:
> Hi, I got a Lenovo G450 with
> siba_bwn0@pci0:4:0:0:	class=0x028000 card=0x04b514e4 chip=0x431514e4
> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Broadcom Corporation'
>     device     = 'Broadcom Wireless b/g (BCM4315/BCM22062000)'
>     class      = 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="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
---

The corollery is that it doesn't work first time on reboot.  I 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

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Ian Freislich



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