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Date:      Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:20:49 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Taras Korenko <ds@chaos.ukrhub.net>
Cc:        Michael BlackHeart <amdmiek@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Broadcom Wireless BCM4312 Rev.02 (BCM4310 UART) troubles
Message-ID:  <201008310920.49730.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20100831114428.GA96964@chaos.ukrhub.net>
References:  <AANLkTikH1uGQsCfAsE9zo9ABoDop700chbJEDFhEVFTG@mail.gmail.com> <20100831114428.GA96964@chaos.ukrhub.net>

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On Tuesday, August 31, 2010 7:44:28 am Taras Korenko wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 02:30:54PM +0400, Michael BlackHeart wrote:
> > Hello
> > 
> > I've got a problem with Broadcomm Wireless.
> > I have notebook HP Compaq 6720s with BCM4312.
> > [...]
> 
> > ifconfig bwn0 up scan
> > bwn0: firmware version (rev 410 patch 2160 date 0x751a time 0x7c0a)
> > ifconfig: unable to get scan results
> > [...]
> 
>   Why don't you try to play with wlan(4) on top of bwi/bwn?
> An example is here: handbook / 31.3.3.1.1 How to Find Access Points.

Yes, even with ndis (which is what I use for this adapter, albeit on i386), 
you have to use wlan.  (ndis on i386 will not have the 'fpudna' issues since 
32-bit Windows drivers do not use SSE instructions.)  Even with ndis I have to 
run ndis_events for WPA auth to work FWIW.

-- 
John Baldwin



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