Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:11:09 -0800 From: "Kip Macy" <kip.macy@gmail.com> To: "Vincent Howell" <darkvincentdude@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need help with Broadcom wifi WLAN Message-ID: <b1fa29170702251911u36449de8m32a25b660f3b192e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <317000.29002.qm@web52108.mail.yahoo.com> References: <317000.29002.qm@web52108.mail.yahoo.com>
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Sam Leffler recently added a new entry in -CURRENT for the part. I
think the change needs to MFC'd. Perhaps someone (Max?) could do that.
-Kip
On 2/25/07, Vincent Howell <darkvincentdude@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to get my Broadcom (BCM43XX-based) WNIC working in FreeBSD 6.2 but am unsuccessful.
>
> I've tried numerous Windows drivers with Ndisgen and none of them generate working kernel modules. I've tried csuping my install to 6.2-STABLE to get the latest NDIS patch (produced by someone named "Sam") but it seems to have only fixed some "missing" features.
>
> When I try to "kldload" BCMWL5_SYS.ko I get this error:
>
> kernel: no match for IoGetDeviceObjectPointer
> kernel: ndis0: <Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN> mem 0xd0000000-0xd0003fff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci6
> kernel: ndis0: couldn't map memory
> kernel: device_attach: ndis0 attach returned 6
> ----------
>
> I wrote a bug report with detailed information but haven't received any replies yet.
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=109406
>
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
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