Broadcom WiFi - Page 4

gnemmi · #76 August 25th, 2009, 19:59

have you tried sending PM to those who posted on this thread in order to see if some of them can help?

Would you like me to start a thread on -current@ asking for help?

Eponasoft · #77 August 25th, 2009, 21:49

OK I've got a problem getting this bugger to work. I built and installed the bwi.03 driver (as this was the one noted for FreeBSD 7.2), and it appears to work, but I have no idea how to actually use it.

All relevant data follows.

Code:

pceconf -lvcb

bwi0@pci0:3:0:0:        class=0x028000 card=0x04221468 chip=0x431114e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Broadcom Corporation'
    device     = 'Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card'
    class      = network
    bar   [10] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xd0100000, size 16384, enabled
    cap 01[40] = powerspec 2  supports D0 D1 D2 D3  current D0
    cap 05[58] = MSI supports 1 message
    cap 10[d0] = PCI-Express 1 legacy endpoint

Code:

dmesg

bwi0: <Broadcom BCM4311 802.11 Wireless Lan> mem 0xd0100000-0xd0103fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci3
bwi0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
bwi0: [ITHREAD]
bwi0: regwin: chipcommon (0x800), rev 17, vendor 0x4243
bwi0: BBP: id 0x4311, rev 0x1, pkg 0
bwi0: nregwin 4, cap 0x0064000d
bwi0: regwin: 802.11 MAC (0x812), rev 10, vendor 0x4243
bwi0: MAC: rev 10
bwi0: regwin: usb 1.1 host (0x817), rev 3, vendor 0x4243
bwi0: regwin: pci express (0x820), rev 1, vendor 0x4243
bwi0: clksrc CS_OSC
bwi0: clkfreq min 990000, max 1010000
bwi0: power on delay 3
bwi0: bus rev 1
bwi0: pci express is enabled
bwi0: card flags 0x4a49
bwi0: 0th led, act 2, lowact 0
bwi0: 1th led, act 5, lowact 0
bwi0: 2th led, act 4, lowact 0
bwi0: 3th led, act 0, lowact 0
bwi0: 802.11 MAC was already disabled
bwi0: PHY is linked
bwi0: PHY: type 2, rev 8, ver 4
bwi0: PHY: 802.11G attach
bwi0: RF: manu 0x17f, type 0x2050, rev 2
bwi0: bus rev 1
bwi0: PHY is linked
bwi0: 32bit bus space
bwi0: max txpower from sprom: 74 dBm
bwi0: invalid antenna gain in sprom
bwi0: ant gain 8 dBm
bwi0: region/domain max txpower 76 dBm
bwi0: max txpower 74 dBm
bwi0: sprom idle tssi: 0xff3e
bwi0: TSSI-TX power map:
85 85 84 84 84 83 83 83
82 82 81 81 80 80 79 79
78 78 77 77 77 76 76 74
74 73 73 72 71 70 70 69
68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61
60 59 57 56 54 53 51 50
48 46 44 42 39 37 35 32
30 26 23 19 15 11 6 1
bwi0: idle tssi0: 62
bwi0: bus rev 1
bwi0: locale: 0
bwi0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
bwi0: Ethernet address: 00:19:7e:5e:8c:a3

KDE3's "Network Tools" shows the device listed as "Wireless Interface (bwi0)" but gives its state as "inactive". So then...how do I activate it? I seem to be missing something here...

paradox · #78 August 26th, 2009, 11:13

show me

Code:

ifconfig bwi0

and try read this article
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/...-wireless.html

Eponasoft · #79 August 26th, 2009, 22:31

Code:

ifconfig bwi0

bwi0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        ether 00:19:7e:5e:8c:a3
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
        status: no carrier
        ssid "" channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11b)
        authmode OPEN privacy OFF bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bintval 0

Hrm...that article is highly technical and most of it just flies over my head. Is there an idiot's version of it somewhere?

Gusi · #80 August 28th, 2009, 09:30

Hi,

I've been testing the driver for a while, my system is :

Quote:

FreeBSD gusiport 8.0-BETA3 FreeBSD 8.0-BETA3 #9: Mon Aug 24 22:14:53 UTC 2009 gus@gusiport:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM i386

and my card :

Quote:

bwi0@pci0:12:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x00071028 chip=0x431214e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
device = 'BCM4310 UART (Wireless Ethernet Adapter)'
class = network
bar [10] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xf1ffc000, size 16384, enabled
cap 01[40] = powerspec 2 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0
cap 05[58] = MSI supports 1 message
cap 10[d0] = PCI-Express 1 legacy endpoint max data 128(128) link x1(x1)

and I found those errors while being quite near to my AP (which is a FBSD 7.2 machine with and Atheros card) :

Quote:

bwi0: bwi_intr: intr PHY TX error
bwi0: bwi_restart begin, help!
bwi0: firmware rev 0x0127, patch level 0x000e

The connection remains dead until an /etc/rc.d/netif restart is made. I seen this kind of errors quite frequently. If I try large transfer it happens. If I try no activity, it seems to remain stable. If I try web activity, it happens from time to time.

The error happens at if_bwi.c:1650.

With a pcmcia atheros card (not mine) I didn't saw those problems. Should it (the bwi card) be able to recover automagically ?

Greets,

Gusi

everypot · #81 August 31st, 2009, 04:02

I did the same. But mine doesn't work...

Code:

# ifconfig
re0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        options=389b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC>
        ether 00:23:5a:d1:70:84
        inet 192.168.1.107 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
        media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
        status: active
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
        options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
        inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
        inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000

Code:

pciconf -lvcb

bwi0@pci0:2:0:0:        class=0x028000 card=0x04b514e4 chip=0x431514e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00                                                                        
    vendor     = 'Broadcom Corporation'                                         
    device     = 'Broadcom Wireless b/g (BCM4315/BCM22062000)'                  
    class      = network                                                        
    cap 01[40] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D1 D2 D3  current D0
    cap 09[58] = vendor (length 120)
    cap 05[e8] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit
    cap 10[d0] = PCI-Express 1 endpoint max data 128(128) link x1(x1)
re0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x389e17aa chip=0x813610ec rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Realtek Semiconductor'
    device     = 'RTL8100E/RTL8101E/RTL8102E-GR (RTL8100-8101E-8102E-PCIEXPRESS)'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet
    bar   [10] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0x2000, size 256, enabled
    bar   [18] = type Prefetchable Memory, range 64, base 0x92010000, size 4096, enabled
    bar   [20] = type Prefetchable Memory, range 64, base 0x92000000, size 65536, enabled
    cap 01[40] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D1 D2 D3  current D0
    cap 05[50] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit enabled with 1 message
    cap 10[70] = PCI-Express 2 endpoint IRQ 2 max data 128(256) link x1(x1)
    cap 11[ac] = MSI-X supports 2 messages in map 0x20
    cap 03[cc] = VPD

Code:

dmesg

bwi0: PHY: type 5, rev 1, ver 6
phy_att 4
phy_att 5
bwi0: RF: manu 0x17f, type 0x2062, rev 2
bwi0: unsupported 11LP PHY, rev 1
att fa 4
device_attach: bwi0 attach returned 6
re0: link state changed to DOWN
re0: link state changed to UP

Quote:

Originally Posted by gnemmi

I just did a fresh BETA3 install.
Installed devel/ccache and net/bwi-firmware-kmod,...........

My card is a 0x431514e4 too .. but in case you are interested, I can post my dmesg.

Best regards
Gonzalo

paradox · #82 August 31st, 2009, 14:12

this log I need to determine which versions radiochip in the broadcom

as i see
only versions 0x2062 in model 0x4315
but i know there exist is 0x2063

I would like to know who has such

my be version 2063 inside asus-wl router

everypot · #83 September 2nd, 2009, 19:56

My Lenovo s10-2 has BCM4315 ( Lenovo says it is a BCM4312. wtf.). Cannot make it work on FreeBSD 8 beta 3.

So BCM4315 is not supported on FreeBSD 8?

paradox · #84 September 2nd, 2009, 20:02

not yet

everypot · #85 September 2nd, 2009, 21:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by paradox

not yet

Hi Paradox,

I tried to use ndisgen and/or NDIS to convert the windows driver. I got the .ko files successful:

Code:

# pwd
/usr/src/sys/modules/if_ndis
# ls
Makefile                if_ndis.ko              opt_usb.h
bcmwl5.inf              if_ndis.o               pccarddevs.h
bcmwl5.inf.ascii        if_ndis_pccard.o        pci_if.h
bcmwl5.sys              if_ndis_pci.o           usb_if.h
bcmwl5_sys.ko           if_ndis_usb.o           usbdevs.h
card_if.h               ndis_driver_data.h
if_ndis.kld             opt_bus.h

# kldload ndis
#kldload if_ndis
# kldload bcmwl5_sys.ko
kldload: bcmwl5_sys.ko is not in the module path
# kldstat
Id Refs Address    Size     Name
 1   47 0xc0400000 d01484   kernel
 2    1 0xc1102000 a63c     if_re.ko
 3    1 0xc110d000 362e0    if_bwi.ko
 4    1 0xc637c000 9000     i915.ko
 5    1 0xc6385000 14000    drm.ko
 6    2 0xc7c66000 27000    linux.ko
 7    1 0xca070000 8000     linprocfs.ko
 8    1 0xcb0eb000 19000    snd_hda.ko
 9    1 0xcb104000 57000    sound.ko
10    1 0xcbae9000 d000     if_ndis.ko
11    1 0xcc0ee000 19000    ndis.ko

ifconfig shows no wireless card. I don't know what's wrong.

Followed instruction from:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/...ork-setup.html

and

http://dannyman.toldme.com/2005/01/0...ndows-drivers/

paradox · #86 September 2nd, 2009, 21:41

Quote:

# kldload bcmwl5_sys.ko
kldload: bcmwl5_sys.ko is not in the module

try to put .ko module in the dir /boot/modules/

richardpl · #87 September 2nd, 2009, 22:56

Instead of ndiscvt you should really use ndisgen(8) instead, it is available for FreeBSD 6 and higher.

everypot · #88 September 3rd, 2009, 07:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by paradox

try to put .ko module in the dir /boot/modules/

---------------------------------------------------------

I put bcmwl5_sys.ko(by ndisgen), if_ndis.ko & ndis.ko (by ndiscvt)into /boot/modules and rebooted the system. Now I get

Code:

ifconfig
ndis0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
        ether 00:21:00:f7:46:35
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
        status: no carrier

# pciconf -lvcb

Code:

kldstat
Id Refs Address    Size     Name
 1   49 0xc0400000 d01484   kernel
 2    1 0xc1102000 a63c     if_re.ko
 3    1 0xc110d000 1acb4    snd_hda.ko
 4    2 0xc1128000 62018    sound.ko
 5    1 0xc118b000 5a90     acpi_video.ko
 6    2 0xc1191000 f590     if_ndis.ko
 7    3 0xc11a1000 1e030    ndis.ko
 8    1 0xc11c0000 362e0    if_bwi.ko
 9    1 0xc11f7000 1afc78   bcmwl5_sys.ko
10    1 0xc6271000 27000    linux.ko
11    1 0xc643d000 9000     i915.ko
12    1 0xc6446000 14000    drm.ko

In rc.conf

Code:

ifconfig_bwi0="WPA DHCP"
ifconfig_ndis0="WPA DHCP"

loader.conf

Code:

if_ndis_load="YES"
if_bwi_load="YES"
if_re_load="YES"
snd_hda_load="YES"
bcmwl5_sys_load="YES"
acpi_video_load="YES"

paradox · #89 September 3rd, 2009, 08:05

good
next step
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/...-wireless.html

everypot · #90 September 4th, 2009, 16:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by paradox

good
next step
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/...-wireless.html

Thanks a lot.

I haven't got it work yet. But I'm trying. Hopefully it will be active soon.

everypot · #91 September 8th, 2009, 00:56

I tried

Code:

wpa_supplicant -B -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -i ndis0
ioctl[SIOCG80211, op 98, len 32]: Invalid argument        
Failed to initialize driver interface
ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=4 eloop_data=0x28406140 user_data=0x2840d040 handler=0x8069f40

Code:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel  
#eapol_version=1            
#ap_scan=1                  
network={                   
        scan_ssid=1         
        ssid="myid"      
        proto=WPA           
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK    
        pairwise=CCMP TKIP  
        psk="mypassword"  
        priority=2      
}

paradox · #92 September 8th, 2009, 07:45

Code:

wpa_supplicant -Dndis -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -i ndis0

Code:

paradox@hosting[10:44:02]~> wpa_supplicant

usage:
  wpa_supplicant [-BddhKLqqstuvwW] [-P<pid file>] [-g<global ctrl>] \
        -i<ifname> -c<config file> [-C<ctrl>] [-D<driver>] [-p<driver_param>] \
        [-b<br_ifname>] [-f<debug file>] \
        [-N -i<ifname> -c<conf> [-C<ctrl>] [-D<driver>] \
        [-p<driver_param>] [-b<br_ifname>] ...]

drivers:
  bsd = BSD 802.11 support (Atheros, etc.)
  ndis = Windows NDIS driver
  wired = wpa_supplicant wired Ethernet driver
options:
  -b = optional bridge interface name
  -B = run daemon in the background
  -c = Configuration file
  -C = ctrl_interface parameter (only used if -c is not)
  -i = interface name
  -d = increase debugging verbosity (-dd even more)
  -D = driver name
  -g = global ctrl_interface
  -K = include keys (passwords, etc.) in debug output
  -t = include timestamp in debug messages
  -h = show this help text
  -L = show license (GPL and BSD)
  -p = driver parameters
  -P = PID file
  -q = decrease debugging verbosity (-qq even less)
  -s = log output to syslog instead of stdout
  -v = show version
  -w = wait for interface to be added, if needed
  -W = wait for a control interface monitor before starting
  -N = start describing new interface
example:
  wpa_supplicant -Dbsd -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

everypot · #93 September 9th, 2009, 01:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by paradox

Code:

wpa_supplicant -Dndis -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -i ndis0

I rebooted and looks like it's closer to success.Not yet, cannot ping www.google.com (but later, I got it work! see the end of this post~~):

Code:

ifconfig                                                                    
ndis0: 
flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>metric 0 mtu 2290     
ether   00:21:00:f7:46:35                    
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g    
status: associated
wlan0: 
flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether 00:21:00:f7:46:35
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g
status: associated
ssid myid channel 6 (2437 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:18:e7:30:72:5c
country US authmode WPA privacy OFF txpower 0 bmiss 7 mcastrate 6
mgmtrate 6 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS roaming MANUAL bintval 0

Cannot bring ndis0 up:

Code:

# ifconfig ndis0 up scan              
ifconfig: unable to get scan results

wlan0 can:

Code:

#ifconfig wlan0 up scan
SSID/MESH ID    BSSID            CHAN RATE   S:N     INT CAPS
07FX10069425    00:12:0e:71:0f:9a    6   54M -83:-96  100 EP
myid            00:18:e7:30:72:5c    6   54M -46:-96  100 EPS
Mikeys WiFi...  00:18:f8:a7:06:1f    6   54M -55:-96  100 EPS
........

My /etc/rc.conf:

Code:

ifconfig_bwi0="WPA DHCP"
ifconfig_ndis0="WPA DHCP"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
wpa_supplicant_enable="YES"
wlans_ndis0="wlan0"

all are required to get ndis0 and wlan0 "status: associate".

At this point, I cannot ping www.google.com.
Then I did something magic

Code:

# dhclient wlan0

After that, I'm writing this post by wireless!!!
One last question: anyone know how to run dhclient wlan0 at boot time?

grocha · #94 September 9th, 2009, 06:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by everypot

One last question: anyone know how to run dhclient wlan0 at boot time?

As I understand this line

Code:

ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"

in /etc/rc.conf shoul'd do that. At least it does for me

paradox · #95 September 9th, 2009, 09:19

Quote:

At this point, I cannot ping www.google.com.
Then I did something magic

# dhclient wlan0

try to look at

Code:

ps ax|grep dhclient

before run from console

Code:

# dhclient wlan0

everypot · #96 September 9th, 2009, 18:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by paradox

try to look at

Code:

ps ax|grep dhclient

before run from console

Code:

# dhclient wlan0

Code:

ps ax|grep dhclient
 1383   0  S+     0:00.01 grep dhclient

everypot · #97 September 9th, 2009, 18:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by grocha

As I understand this line

Code:

ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"

in /etc/rc.conf shoul'd do that. At least it does for me

If I comment that off, I will get (ifconfig) "status: no carrier" for both ndis0 and wlan0. And wouldn't be able to get the network working. And dhclient wlan0/ndis0 will give "no link... give up". Also, I notice that at boot time there are messages like "failed to start wpa_supplicant:... Op 98.. invalid argument...".

Enable "ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" solved the problem, only takes longer to boot:"waiting 30s for the default route interface.....ndis0:link state change to UP ................"

paradox · #98 September 9th, 2009, 18:28

Code:

wpa_supplicant_enable="YES"
wlans_ndis0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"

should be enough

remove another unused line

everypot · #99 September 9th, 2009, 18:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by paradox

Code:

wpa_supplicant_enable="YES"
wlans_ndis0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"

should be enough

remove another unused line

Yes. You are right. I just tested it. Still need to use "dhclient wlan0" to bring the network up. But the error message at boot time"waiting 30s for the default route interface.....ndis0:link state change to UP ................" disappeared!

Great. Thank you for all the help! And hope the information can be useful to other people.

Seeker · #**100** September 13th, 2009, 23:35

So..., what is a current status / solution for

Code:

BCM94321KFBG Broadcom 4321AGN 802.11a/b/g/draft-n Wi-Fi Solution

I really need that driver for FreeBSD 7.2

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