On 11/16/10, Chris Brennan <xa...@xaerolimit.net> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 11:17 PM, b. f. <bf1...@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? >
I don't use it myself, but I have seen exchanges on the mailing lists from time to time that would suggest that it is working, at least for some hardware. The only PR that I can see in the database from someone using a card similar to yours was a report of a problem that only arose in a specific configuration, and that problem seems to have been solved: ttp://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/144724 However, you could ask weongyo@ (the developer who has done most of the work on it) directly. If you are feeling bold, you could try 9-CURRENT, where you will be able to use the latest versions of the driver and associated wireless infrastructure. b. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
