Re: bwi vs. bwn
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 11:26 PM, grarpamp grarp...@gmail.com wrote: Doesn't FreeBSD have some sort of ndiswrapper function for this? http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php NDISulator, ndis(4). Hmm, maybe that only applies to the Windows driver bundles as distributed by the vendors (Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc). Or from Microsoft itself as part of the OS. And not to this Linux thing. You need inf and sys file(s), Windows drivers. Everything is explained in documentation. ___ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: bwi vs. bwn
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011, grarpamp wrote: I have a BCM94312MCG, which driver should I choose and why? The man pages are nearly identical. The FreeBSD bwn and bwi modules seem to be equivalent to the Linux b43 and b43legacy drivers. This page may or may not help: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 ___ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: bwi vs. bwn
I have a BCM94312MCG, which driver should I choose and why? The man pages are nearly identical. The FreeBSD bwn and bwi modules seem to be equivalent to the Linux b43 and b43legacy drivers. This page may or may not help: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 I'll see if I can find somewhere that relation between the two sets. The kernel may say something when detected/loaded. I guess only my first question about which of bwi/bwn to use applies to FreeBSD, and the other ones to the b43 guys. But I think I've got it below... Can the newer upstream firmware at openwrt be used with bwn-firmware-kmod? http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.3.tar.bz2 I played with this, the answer is not yet. fwcutter does not yet know how to chop up the included objects. Between the two, the objects have the same version string (author possibly neglected to change) and are different sizes, hashes, etc. # 4.150.10.5 879467 Jan 6 2008 broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta.o 1194265 Jan 6 2008 broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o 880539 Jan 6 2009 broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.3/driver/wl_apsta.o 1195329 Jan 6 2009 broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.3/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o # 4.174.64.19 9900134 Feb 19 2009 broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4/linux/wl_apsta.o Where did the firmware blobs in the above file come from, here? I now think the firmware blobs are fully proprietary (coming from the OEM), and are being cut up based on some hardware hacking. And that I'm likely missing the distinction between that firmware being needed in all cases, and then choosing which driver you want on top of that from amongst the (b43/kernel.org)/FreeBSD driver projects and broadcom-wl. http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php Doesn't FreeBSD have some sort of ndiswrapper function for this? Seems in the future I should give my money to Atheros instead :) ___ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: bwi vs. bwn
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:54 PM, grarpamp grarp...@gmail.com wrote: Doesn't FreeBSD have some sort of ndiswrapper function for this? NDISulator, ndis(4). ___ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: bwi vs. bwn
Doesn't FreeBSD have some sort of ndiswrapper function for this? http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php NDISulator, ndis(4). Hmm, maybe that only applies to the Windows driver bundles as distributed by the vendors (Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc). Or from Microsoft itself as part of the OS. And not to this Linux thing. Once I figure out how to extract the Microsoft (Windows/Vendor) and Linux (Broadcom) bundles, hopefully with the same underlying version, I'll know more, call it an excercise :) I'm sure bwn will work. Thanks. # Broadcom Linux 1195817 Dec 22 20:59 hybrid-portsrc_x86_32-v5_100_82_38.tar.gz 1150253 Dec 22 20:59 hybrid-portsrc_x86_64-v5_100_82_38.tar.gz ___ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
bwi vs. bwn
I have a BCM94312MCG, which driver should I choose and why? The man pages are nearly identical. It appears that bwn is newer/maintained? And more modular with siba? Can the newer upstream firmware at openwrt be used with bwn-firmware-kmod? http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.3.tar.bz2 Where did the firmware blobs in the above file come from, here? http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/ As a result of being written to this spec project? http://bcm-specs.sipsolutions.net/ http://bcm-v4.sipsolutions.net/ With what I gather so far, I don't think they do? Or from Broadcom, in a windows blob, which fwcutter is used with? That's the part I'm not sure of. Where do I find the parent blob drivers? broadcom.com doesn't seem to have any 802.11 wireless files, as if it's all OEM. And how might this come into play? http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php Trying to put the pieces together. Thanks. ___ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
