Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:30:13 +1300 From: Rohit Grover <rgrover1@gmail.com> To: Weongyo Jeong <weongyo@freebsd.org>, Rohit Grover <rgrover1@gmail.com>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for Test and Review: bwn(4) - another Broadcom Wireless driver Message-ID: <426bed111001100130u61bbeb03s242dd012abc76a5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100110061631.GT1491@weongyo> References: <20091223035331.GA1293@weongyo> <426bed111001021900i4ed55836u456a12f6c578df72@mail.gmail.com> <20100107025727.GJ1491@weongyo> <426bed111001061938j70d2846bk19375f6369c2c102@mail.gmail.com> <20100107040600.GN1491@weongyo> <426bed111001092141w3bdff099y635532961436fcf9@mail.gmail.com> <20100110061631.GT1491@weongyo>
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Hi Weongyo, On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.jeong@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 06:41:21PM +1300, Rohit Grover wrote: >> Hi, >> >> > Please try attached patch in bwn_probe() and show me dmesg output. ?If >> > bwn(4) doesn't print anything that means ssb(4) works incorrectly. ?But >> > there are some outputs and bwn(4) doesn't be attached then your device >> > revision isn't supported. >> > >> >> >> After applying your patch, I get the following upon loading if_bwn: >> >> bwn0: vendor 0x4243 cid 0x812 rev 12 >> >> Therefore, I should infer that the device revision isn't supported? > > Yes it looks your revision isn't supported. > >> Do you know when this device might be supported? > > I think it could be supported when bwn(4) supports N PHYs I hope. Not being able to use the wireless hardware on my current laptop with FreeBSD has caused me inconvenience to the point where I am seriously contemplating the purchase of a new laptop. Is there even a remote possibility that you may be able to estimate when bwn(4) may be able to support such hardware? regards,
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