Re: Help Using NDIS & Broadcom 4321ag 802.11a/b/g/draft-n
I also use a HP laptop, This is the pciconf -lv output of my machine, vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' device = 'BCM4310 broadcom wireless 1490 (dell)' class = network The strange thing is it said 1490 dell, so after the fail attempt on the HP driver, I turn to Dell 1490 driver, this time it works. Another thing is I can not use ifconfig scan to find the AP neither, but when I just ifconfig ndis0 ssid xxx, I find the state change to assocaite, and dhclient obtain the IP. My ap does not use a authentication method. Best wishes, Kemian On 30/03/2008, std <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi: > > I can't seem to find a definitive answer on the net to whether (and how) > FreeBSD supports Broadcom 4321ag 802.11a/b/g/draft-n Wi-Fi Adapters. > Apparently there's no native support (except through experimental drivers?) > so you have to use NDIS (which is like ndswrapper for other linux os's only > NDIS is built into the FreeBSD project). I've tried ndisgen bcml##.inf > bcml## for three different driver sets, blcmwl5.sys/inf, bcmwl564.sys/inf, > and bcmwl6.sys/inf. I've got the best results with the oldest drivers, > bcmwl5.sys/inf. kldstat shows ndis, if_ndis, and bcmwl5_sys loaded in the > kernel and the system recognizes an ndis0 adapter, but, ifconfig ndis0 up > scan just hangs forever. > > My system is a HP tx1320us tablet pc [2.0 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core > Mobile Technology TL-60, 2048 MB DDR2 (2 Dimm), Broadcom 4321AG > 802.11a/b/g/draft-n Wi-Fi Adapter, fingerprint sensor, remote,.touch screen, > etc. - > > http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01161310&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&softwareitem=ob-58904-1&product=3548576&os=2093&rule=8034&lang=en > ] > running FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE, installed from CDS and > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages a couple weeks ago in a dual > boot config with windows vista home premium (a good reason for dual booting > fbsd :). > > The procedure I followed was to > > (1) identify the NIC; > > (2) download the windows drivers from the manufacturers website. > > I first tried the drivers built for windows vista because those are the > drivers built for the 4321 card in my system. > These drivers, bcmwl6, contained in hp's > ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp38501-39000/sp38764.exe were apparently > released March 12, 2008. After running ndisgen bcmwl6.inf bcmwl6.sys and > creating bcmwl6_sys.ko, when I kldload bcmwl6_sys.ko it loads ndis.ko and > if_ndis.ko, but dmesg shows about 20 "no match" for various device settings > (see below). > > The latest bcmwl6 drivers don't seem to work. It could be the inf has more > than a few extraneous quotation marks which throw off the utf-8 to ascii > conversion, but I tried several different methods and suspect it's NDIS > itself which lacks the necessary support. > > Is Bill Paul of Project Evil working on this (see > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hardware/2004-January/001005.html)? > > I downloaded the windows XP drivers for my broadcom 4321AG > 802.11a/b/g/draft-nftp: > from //ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp36501-37000/sp36684.exe. These were released > August 15, 2007. > cabextract -l sp36684.exe > Viewing cabinet: sp36684.exe > File size | Date Time | Name > ---+-+- > 14310 | 13.08.2007 14:46:28 | bcm43xx.cat > 14310 | 13.08.2007 14:46:28 | bcm43xx64.cat > 803496 | 13.08.2007 14:46:30 | bcmwl5.inf > 822272 | 13.08.2007 14:46:30 | bcmwl5.sys > 983552 | 13.08.2007 14:46:30 | bcmwl564.sys > 9028380 | 13.08.2007 14:46:32 | Setup.exe > 6584 | 14.08.2007 09:36:30 | sp36684.cva > > (3) generate linux kernel modules with ndisgen and load them > > ndisgen bcmwl6.inf bcmwl6.sys (without any additional files) > kldstat > Id Refs AddressSize Name > 1 17 0xc040 906518 kernel > 21 0xc0d07000 14324snd_hda.ko > 32 0xc0d1c000 4a5acsound.ko > 71 0xc0fb2000 6a32cacpi.ko > 81 0xc5c6a000 22000linux.ko > kldload bcmwl6_sys > kldstat > Id Refs AddressSize Name > 1 17 0xc040 906518 kernel > 21 0xc0d07000 14324snd_hda.ko > 32 0xc0d1c000 4a5acsound.ko > 71 0xc0fb2000 6a32cacpi.ko > 81 0xc5c6a000 22000linux.ko > 91 0xc69ae000 1a2000 bcmwl6_sys.ko > 101 0xc55dd000 c000 if_ndis.ko > 112 0xc6971000 16000ndis.ko > ifconfig | grep ndis0 -- no match > tail -f /var/log/dmesg > no match for NdisMRegisterInterruptEx > no match for NdisMIndicateStatusEx > no match for NdisFreeNetBufferList > no match for NdisAllocateMdl > no match for NdisFreeMdl > no match for NdisMDeregisterScatterGatherDma > no match for NdisMDeregisterInterruptEx >
Help Using NDIS & Broadcom 4321ag 802.11a/b/g/draft-n
Hi: I can't seem to find a definitive answer on the net to whether (and how) FreeBSD supports Broadcom 4321ag 802.11a/b/g/draft-n Wi-Fi Adapters. Apparently there's no native support (except through experimental drivers?) so you have to use NDIS (which is like ndswrapper for other linux os's only NDIS is built into the FreeBSD project). I've tried ndisgen bcml##.inf bcml## for three different driver sets, blcmwl5.sys/inf, bcmwl564.sys/inf, and bcmwl6.sys/inf. I've got the best results with the oldest drivers, bcmwl5.sys/inf. kldstat shows ndis, if_ndis, and bcmwl5_sys loaded in the kernel and the system recognizes an ndis0 adapter, but, ifconfig ndis0 up scan just hangs forever. My system is a HP tx1320us tablet pc [2.0 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-60, 2048 MB DDR2 (2 Dimm), Broadcom 4321AG 802.11a/b/g/draft-n Wi-Fi Adapter, fingerprint sensor, remote,.touch screen, etc. - http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01161310&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&softwareitem=ob-58904-1&product=3548576&os=2093&rule=8034&lang=en ] running FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE, installed from CDS and ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages a couple weeks ago in a dual boot config with windows vista home premium (a good reason for dual booting fbsd :). The procedure I followed was to (1) identify the NIC; (2) download the windows drivers from the manufacturers website. I first tried the drivers built for windows vista because those are the drivers built for the 4321 card in my system. These drivers, bcmwl6, contained in hp's ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp38501-39000/sp38764.exe were apparently released March 12, 2008. After running ndisgen bcmwl6.inf bcmwl6.sys and creating bcmwl6_sys.ko, when I kldload bcmwl6_sys.ko it loads ndis.ko and if_ndis.ko, but dmesg shows about 20 "no match" for various device settings (see below). The latest bcmwl6 drivers don't seem to work. It could be the inf has more than a few extraneous quotation marks which throw off the utf-8 to ascii conversion, but I tried several different methods and suspect it's NDIS itself which lacks the necessary support. Is Bill Paul of Project Evil working on this (see http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hardware/2004-January/001005.html)? I downloaded the windows XP drivers for my broadcom 4321AG 802.11a/b/g/draft-nftp: from //ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp36501-37000/sp36684.exe. These were released August 15, 2007. cabextract -l sp36684.exe Viewing cabinet: sp36684.exe File size | Date Time | Name ---+-+- 14310 | 13.08.2007 14:46:28 | bcm43xx.cat 14310 | 13.08.2007 14:46:28 | bcm43xx64.cat 803496 | 13.08.2007 14:46:30 | bcmwl5.inf 822272 | 13.08.2007 14:46:30 | bcmwl5.sys 983552 | 13.08.2007 14:46:30 | bcmwl564.sys 9028380 | 13.08.2007 14:46:32 | Setup.exe 6584 | 14.08.2007 09:36:30 | sp36684.cva (3) generate linux kernel modules with ndisgen and load them ndisgen bcmwl6.inf bcmwl6.sys (without any additional files) kldstat Id Refs AddressSize Name 1 17 0xc040 906518 kernel 21 0xc0d07000 14324snd_hda.ko 32 0xc0d1c000 4a5acsound.ko 71 0xc0fb2000 6a32cacpi.ko 81 0xc5c6a000 22000linux.ko kldload bcmwl6_sys kldstat Id Refs AddressSize Name 1 17 0xc040 906518 kernel 21 0xc0d07000 14324snd_hda.ko 32 0xc0d1c000 4a5acsound.ko 71 0xc0fb2000 6a32cacpi.ko 81 0xc5c6a000 22000linux.ko 91 0xc69ae000 1a2000 bcmwl6_sys.ko 101 0xc55dd000 c000 if_ndis.ko 112 0xc6971000 16000ndis.ko ifconfig | grep ndis0 -- no match tail -f /var/log/dmesg no match for NdisMRegisterInterruptEx no match for NdisMIndicateStatusEx no match for NdisFreeNetBufferList no match for NdisAllocateMdl no match for NdisFreeMdl no match for NdisMDeregisterScatterGatherDma no match for NdisMDeregisterInterruptEx no match for NdisMSynchronizeWithInterruptEx no match for NdisMRegisterMiniportDriver no match for NdisMSetMiniportAttributes no match for NdisMGetBusData no match for NdisMRegisterScatterGatherDma no match for NdisAllocateNetBufferListPool no match for NdisMOidRequestComplete no match for NdisAllocateIoWorkItem no match for NdisMSetBusData no match for NdisAllocateNetBufferAndNetBufferList no match for NdisMDeregisterMiniportDriver no match for NdisFreeNetBufferListPool no match for NdisOpenConfigurationEx no match for NdisFreeIoWorkItem no match for NdisMSendNetBufferListsComplete no match for NdisMIndicateReceiveNetBufferLists no match for NdisAllocateMemoryWithTagPr
