Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:04:38 +0000 From: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BWN Driver Message-ID: <4EF095F6.6000903@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CANLX3yiDS6X59VtmaUxXGVsoO0mkPPy%2BpVp4H=G-7VVHmzEjJg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANLX3yiDS6X59VtmaUxXGVsoO0mkPPy%2BpVp4H=G-7VVHmzEjJg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 20/12/2011 00:26, Chris Brennan wrote: > I've got an HP Pavillian laptop with a Broadcom BCM4312 card. Below is > what I've loaded so far and the result from /var/log/messages. > > > [root@blackdragon ~]# kldstat | grep bwn > 14 1 0xffffffff82035000 28a9a bwn_v4_ucode.ko > 19 1 0xffffffff8205e000 2982c if_bwn.ko > 20 1 0xffffffff82088000 6183 siba_bwn.ko > [root@blackdragon ~]# > > > Dec 19 19:10:53 blackdragon kernel: fwohci0: <1394 Open Host Controller > Interface> mem 0xc7f50000-0xc7f507ff irq 10 at device 9.0 on pci1 > Dec 19 19:10:53 blackdragon kernel: fwohci0: [ITHREAD] > Dec 19 19:10:53 blackdragon kernel: fwohci0: OHCI version 0.0 (ROM=0) > Dec 19 19:10:53 blackdragon kernel: fwohci0: invalid OHCI version > Dec 19 19:10:53 blackdragon kernel: fwohci0: fwohci_init failed with err=6 > Dec 19 19:10:53 blackdragon kernel: device_attach: fwohci0 attach returned 5 > Dec 19 19:10:53 blackdragon kernel: siba_bwn0: <Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g > Wireless> mem 0xfc000000-0xfc003fff irq 23 at device 0.0 on pci8 > Dec 19 19:10:54 blackdragon kernel: bwn0 on siba_bwn0 > Dec 19 19:10:54 blackdragon kernel: bwn0: WLAN (chipid 0x4312 rev 15) PHY > (analog 6 type 5 rev 1) RADIO (manuf 0x17f ver 0x2062 rev 2) > Dec 19 19:10:54 blackdragon kernel: bwn0: DMA (64 bits) > Dec 19 19:10:54 blackdragon kernel: bwn0: Using 1 MSI messages > Dec 19 19:10:54 blackdragon kernel: bwn0: [FILTER] > > I get a nice bwn0 device with ifconfig, but I am unable to do anything > with it and the little blue light on the front of my laptop stays red, > even after playing with the switch for my Wireless device. I've gotten > it to work in linux but not reliably and of course it does work in Windows. > So I am a bit stumped as to what is wrong or what I am missing. When you say you are unable to do anything with it, what have you tried? ie have you run though ifconfig /wlan0/ create wlandev bwn0 ifconfig wlan0 up ifconfig wlan0 list scan to check that its not just the light thats not coming on? Sorry if i'm asking stupidly obvious questions but the whole "create" thing still throws some people. Vince >> -- >> Chris Brennan >> A: Yes. >>> Q: Are you sure? >>>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>>>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? >> http://xkcd.com/84/ | http://xkcd.com/149/ | http://xkcd.com/549/ >> GPG: D5B20C0C (6741 8EE4 6C7D 11FB 8DA8 9E4A EECD 9A84 D5B2 0C0C) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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