Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 13:09:03 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?p=E1l_p=E9ter?= <pptamas01@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bwi problems Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1105311304290.15192@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=m-mYWFdWsDZ-c3UK%2BYkAz2fBoig@mail.gmail.com> References: <BANLkTi=m-mYWFdWsDZ-c3UK%2BYkAz2fBoig@mail.gmail.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---902635197-1213968963-1306868925=:15192 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1105311308511.15192@wonkity.com> On Tue, 31 May 2011, pál péter wrote: > (pciconf -lv | grep Wireless >> device = 'Broadcom Wireless b/g > (BCM4315/BCM22062000)'). A searched it from the freeBSD 8.1 hardware notes, > and it sais that i sould use the bwi kernel modul, so i do that. I also > installed the bwi-firmware-kmod port, as the man bwi(4) sais. > Heres my *l**oader.conf*: > > if_nfe_load="YES" > if_bwi_load="YES" > wlan_scan_up_load="YES" > wlan_sta_load="YES" > wlan_wep_load="YES" > wlan_ccmp_load="YES" > wlan_tkip_load="YES" The firmware port installs a module that must also be loaded, bwi_v3_ucode. bwi(4) is generally for older Broadcom cards, and newer ones are supported by bwn(4). I don't know of an easy way to figure out which particular card is which other than comparing the PCI ID codes. ---902635197-1213968963-1306868925=:15192--
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