On Monday 23 February 2009 2:51:05 pm Saifi Khan wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> Compaq C301TU laptop has a Broadcom chipset based wireless card and
> i'm unable to make it work on FreeBSD 7.1
>
> Using the ndisgen approach with bcm5wls.sys and bcm5wls.inf files
> creates a driver file which on kldload causes a kernel panic.
>
> Interestingly on the same laptop, there is a ethernet card of RTL
> 8139, which is also not detected by FreeBSD 7.1 . However, lets not
> worry about that for the time being.
>
> With Gentoo Linux, i've configured the Linux kernel to use the native
> bcm43xx driver and using the bcm43xx-fwcutter, i've been able to
> install the firmware and get the wireless card to work.
>
> Here is the lspci -v -nn details as collected from the Linux side.
>
> 06:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan
> mini-PCI (rev 01)
> Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 1364
> Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
> ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
> Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
> SERR- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
> Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
> Region 0: Memory at 8800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
> Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA
> PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
> Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-
> Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit-
> Queue=0/0 Enable-
> Address: Data:
> Capabilities: [d0] Express (v1) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
> DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s
> <4us, L1 unlimited
> ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE- FLReset-
> DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal-
> Unsupported-
> RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
> MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
> DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq-
> AuxPwr- TransPend-
> LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s,
> Latency L0 <4us, L1 <64us
> ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
> LnkCtl: ASPM L0s Enabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled-
> Retrain- CommClk+
> ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
> LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train-
> SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
> Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
> Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
> Kernel driver in use: bcm43xx
> Kernel modules: bcm43xx
>
> i don't intend to buy another wireless add-on card or another old laptop.
>
> Would be thankful, if anybody can suggest how i can get the Wireless
> card work to with FreeBSD 7.1 or FreeBSD 8.0 snapshot.
> Additional tips for getting the ethernet card to work will also be
> appreciated.
You should take a look in here if your trying to get the BCM4311 up and
running: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=170&highlight=BCM
RTL 8139 seems to be fully supported on 7.1 .. just take a look
at: /sys/dev/re/if_re.c
Regards
--
Blessings
Gonzalo Nemmi
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