Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 18:15:06 +0000 From: Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wireless on HP compaq 6715s - Broadcom BCM5906m - not supported? Message-ID: <AANLkTikiSX4LBKBGuAMCCfQNL_MxE9j2S0z_ViEJp4ys@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100705115455.GA95036@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20100705115455.GA95036@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> w= rote: > I've HP Compaq 6715s laptop. > Looking at "pciconf -lv" output, the > wireless (and ethernet) device is: > > > bge0@pci0:16:0:0: =A0 =A0 =A0 class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x30c2103c chip=3D0= x171314e4 rev=3D0x02 hdr=3D0x00 > =A0 =A0vendor =A0 =A0 =3D 'Broadcom Corporation' > =A0 =A0device =A0 =A0 =3D 'Broadcom NetLink (TM) Fast Ethernet (BCM5906m)= ' > =A0 =A0class =A0 =A0 =A0=3D network > =A0 =A0subclass =A0 =3D ethernet I see only ethernet, which is supported fine. > > I tried to search on the net, including FBSD hardware release notes, > and it seems this device is not supported. For wireless check bwi(4) and bwn(4) manual pages. > Can anybody comment on/confirm this please? > > Any experience using this chip with NDIS? Works fine on i386, with few known problems with known workarounds. amd64 is usually broken.
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