Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:18:44 -0400 From: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: b43-fwcutter-015 Message-ID: <9e15857e-6950-699c-c07a-19d1f66c795a@columbus.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <af976c86-6302-778d-3dc1-00b4906fa9f7@mail.laus.org> References: <af976c86-6302-778d-3dc1-00b4906fa9f7@mail.laus.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 04/10/17 08:12, Thomas Laus wrote: > Is there any hope for this Broadcom wireless chip running on a Compaq > F500 laptop? It was successful running Ubuntu 16 using the legacy > Broadcom package of drivers. I installed the suggested FreeBSD ports > for Broadcom wireless and loaded it as a loader.conf module. > > Apr 10 10:17:46 presario kernel: bwi0: <Broadcom BCM4311 802.11b/g > Wireless Lan> mem 0xb8000000-0xb8003fff at device 0.0 on pci2 > Apr 10 10:17:46 presario kernel: bwi0: BBP: id 0x4311, rev 0x2, pkg 0 > Apr 10 10:17:46 presario kernel: bwi0: MAC rev 13 is not supported > Apr 10 10:17:46 presario kernel: bwi0: no MAC was found > Apr 10 10:17:46 presario kernel: device_attach: bwi0 attach returned 6 > Apr 10 10:17:54 presario kernel: bwi0: <Broadcom BCM4311 802.11b/g > Wireless Lan> mem 0xb8000000-0xb8003fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci2 > Apr 10 10:17:54 presario kernel: bwi0: BBP: id 0x4311, rev 0x2, pkg 0 > Apr 10 10:17:54 presario kernel: bwi0: MAC rev 13 is not supported > Apr 10 10:17:54 presario kernel: bwi0: no MAC was found > Apr 10 10:17:54 presario kernel: device_attach: bwi0 attach returned 6 > > > Tom > Good luck with this, I have a laptop as well with the BCM4311. and it just doesn't work with FreeBSD 11.0. I had it working with 10.1 though. I contacted the maintainer and did not hear from him/them. Guess they couldn't be bothered.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?9e15857e-6950-699c-c07a-19d1f66c795a>