On 2020/10/15 19:51, Jan Stary wrote: > On Oct 15 08:55:41, s...@spacehopper.org wrote: > > On 2020-10-14, Jan Stary <h...@stare.cz> wrote: > > > Mostly works, except the wifi is not recognized: > > > "Broadcom BCM4315" rev 0x01 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 not configured > > > Is that similar to the BCM4318 mentioned in bwi(4)? > > > If so, is there a chance of supporting it? > > > > > > dmesg and pcidump -vxxx below > > > - how can I help debug this? > > > > It seems the pcidevs entry (providing the name) is wrong and device ID > > 0x4315 is really BCM4312. OS supporting this use a different driver (bwn > > on FreeBSD, b43 on Linux) that work with a different firmware version > > than used by bwi (b43legacy on Linux). > > > > If you want to get into driver development then it maybe worth looking > > at what would be needed to port bwn from FreeBSD, > > Driver developmnet would be entirely new ground for me, > but I'll have a look (maybe reinstall with FreeBSD first). > > > otherwise replace the > > card (half size miniPCIe, try looking for intel 7260hmw) or use USB. > > > > https://www.dell.com/community/Networking-Internet-Bluetooth/802-11ac-card-for-Dell-Studio-1535/td-p/4672820 > > Thanks for the pointer. > Is there a specific reason for the "hmw"? > (I also found some 7260AN models.) > > Jan
HMW is the half minipcie card form factor form factor, there are also NGW (M.2) which I don't think that laptop has. AN/AC/BN is the radio support, any of the radio variants should work (BN=11b/g/n i.e. 2.4GHz only, AN=2.4/5GHz a/b/g/n, AC=as AN plus 11ac, OpenBSD won't do actual 11ac with that). The Dell post suggests bios vendor lock shouldn't be a problem with the 7260 but it may sometimes be an issue with some laptop/card combos..
