Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 20:42:37 -0600 From: JD <jd1008@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Broadcom BCM4321 Wireless connection configuration problems Message-ID: <59AA1A9D.3000401@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20170901230758.GA3716@gmail.com> References: <67CC1117-933C-460A-9326-18A4823B5D78@gmail.com> <20170901230758.GA3716@gmail.com>
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Thanx!!! I'm keeping this in case I encounter this wifi. On 09/01/2017 05:08 PM, Ramiro Caso wrote: > On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 05:24:21PM +0200, Victor wrote: >> I'm trying to make the wifi connection of my old macbook (2007) work but, at the moment, to no avail. I'm stranded and perplexed! >> >> Context: >> FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE #2: Fri Sep 1 16:02:16 CEST 2017 root@bsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL amd64 >> >> The kernel MYKERNEL was compiled adding only: >> options BWN_GPL_PHY >> device firmware >> > I have the same macbook model. Did you have a look at this? > > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.freebsd.devel.wireless/4437 > > It says you have to do three things: > > * add BWN_DEBUG and BWN_GPL_PHY to your kernel config > * edit sys/modules/bwn/Makefile and uncomment the PHY-N bits > * rebuild > >> I installed from the ports net/bwn-firmware-kmod >> >> In /boot/loader.conf I have >> if_bwn="YES" >> > In /boot/loader.conf I have: > > f_bwn_load="YES" > bwn_v4_ucode_load="YES" > bwn_v4_n_ucode_load="YES" > > I don't know whether there is something redundant and/or irrelevant here, but > it's working for me. > >> In /etc/rc.conf as usual >> wlans_bwn0="wlan0" >> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" >> .......................... >> >> >> The wifi chip is a broadcom BCM4321 as you can see from the extract of /var/log/messages >> ............................... >> siba_bwn0: <Broadcom BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless> mem 0xd0500000-0xd0503fff at device 0.0 on pci1 >> siba_bwn0: warn: multiple PCI(E) cores >> siba_bwn0: unsupported coreid (USB 1.1 Host) >> bwn0 on siba_bwn0 >> bwn0: WLAN (chipid 0x4321 rev 12) PHY (analog 5 type 4 rev 2) RADIO (manuf 0x17f ver 0x2055 rev 4) >> bwn0: DMA (64 bits) >> bwn0: Note: compiled with BWN_GPL_PHY; includes GPLv2 code >> bwn0: Using 1 MSI messages >> Sep 1 16:36:00 bsd wpa_supplicant[1290]: Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant >> wlan0: Ethernet address: 00:1e:c2:ac:de:a3 >> bwn0: ucode fw: ucode11 >> bwn_v4_ucode11: could not load firmware image, error 2 >> bwn0: the fw file(bwn_v4_ucode11) not found >> bwn0: ucode fw: ucode11 >> bwn-open_v4_ucode11: could not load firmware image, error 2 >> bwn0: the fw file(bwn-open_v4_ucode11) not found >> ......................................................... >> >> You see that there is a problem with the firmware image. Ifconfig shows >> >> % ifconfig >> msk0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 >> options=c011a<TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,TSO4,VLAN_HWTSO,LINKSTATE> >> ether 00:1f:5b:e8:96:50 >> hwaddr 00:1f:5b:e8:96:50 >> nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> >> media: Ethernet autoselect (none) >> status: no carrier >> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384 >> options=600003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6> >> inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 >> inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 >> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 >> nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> >> groups: lo >> wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 >> ether 00:1e:c2:ac:de:a3 >> hwaddr 00:1e:c2:ac:de:a3 >> nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> >> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) >> status: no carrier >> ssid "" channel 165 (5825 MHz 11a) >> regdomain FCC country US authmode WPA1+WPA2/802.11i privacy MIXED >> deftxkey UNDEF txpower 23 bmiss 7 mcastrate 6 mgmtrate 6 scanvalid 60 >> wme roaming MANUAL bintval 0 >> groups: wlan >> >> >> >> BESIDES .... the man page of bwn declares that >> >> >> BWN(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual BWN(4) >> >> NAME >> bwn - Broadcom BCM43xx IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network driver >> ........ >> This driver requires firmware to be loaded before it will work. The >> c port needs to be installed before ifconfig(8) >> will work. In most cases the bwn_v4_ucode kernel module from the port >> should be used. However, if an LP (low power) PHY is being used, the >> bwn_v4_lp_ucode module should be used. >> ........... >> >> BUT both modules are missing >> >> % sudo kldload bwn_v4_ucode >> kldload: can't load bwn_v4_ucode: No such file or directory >> % sudo kldload bwn_v4_lp_ucode >> kldload: can't load bwn_v4_lp_ucode: No such file or directory >> >> Please help. >> Ciao Vittorio >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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