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February 3rd, 2010, 06:08
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Wireless BCM4309 - problems installing driver
I have read the man page as well as several posts regarding the installation of the drivers for the Broadcom Wireless mini pci card(BCM 4309).
I believe I installed the firmware via the ports collection which the man page says is required, found at /usr/ports/net/bwi-firmware-kmod as I now have several files like: /usr/src/sys/dev/bwi/if_bwi.c I am not sure what I have missed but I can see that the card is identified at start time, but a driver is not associated to it.(as shown below) Is there a clearly written resource laying out the steps required to get the drivers installed correctly. Or does anyone have any suggested diagnostics I can do to get a clearer picture of where I messed this up at? My apologies if I am missing something obvious as this is my first experience with freeBSD. Thanks in advance for any help. _______________________________ Code:
$ uname -a FreeBSD mob-ss1771 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Nov 21 15:48:17 UTC 2009 root@almeida.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 $ pciconf -lcvb none2@pci0:2:3:0: class=0x028000 card=0x00011028 chip=0x432414e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' device = '802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller (BCM4309)' class = network bar [10] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xfaff6000, size 8192, enabled cap 01[40] = powerspec 2 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0 $ pkg_info | grep bwi bwi-firmware-kmod-3.130.20 Broadcom AirForce IEEE 802.11 Firmware Kernel Module $ pkg_info | grep cutter b43-fwcutter-011 Extracts firmware for Broadcom Wireless adapters Last edited by DutchDaemon; February 3rd, 2010 at 12:04. Reason: added [code] tags 
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February 3rd, 2010, 12:06
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Do you have the module in /boot/modules? Try kldloading it. The files in /usr/src are unrelated to the port, as they're part of the base system.
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February 4th, 2010, 07:36
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The module is not being loaded at boot time as evidence by:
Code:
kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 1 0xc0400000 b6dfe0 kernel When I load it it does not associate to the wireless card as shown below: Code:
ll total 104 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 103984 Jan 27 00:13 bwi_v3_ucode.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 88 Jan 27 00:13 linker.hints Code:
kldload bwi_v3_ucode.ko Code:
kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 4 0xc0400000 b6dfe0 kernel 2 1 0xc5e87000 1a000 bwi_v3_ucode.ko Code:
pciconf -lcvb
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none2@pci0:2:3:0: class=0x028000 card=0x00011028 chip=0x432414e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
device = '802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller (BCM4309)'
class = network
bar [10] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xfaff6000, size 8192, enabled
cap 01[40] = powerspec 2 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0
I still think I must be missing something obvious. Last edited by DutchDaemon; February 4th, 2010 at 14:40. Reason: added [code] tags
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February 4th, 2010, 14:42
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kldloading may be too late in the process. Try adding bwi_v3_ucode_load="YES" (this is a guess) to /boot/loader.conf.
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February 5th, 2010, 05:32
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Adding that line did load the module on startup. I am not seeing the driver associated to the card though.
pciconf -lcvbCode:
none2@pci0:2:3:0: class=0x028000 card=0x00011028 chip=0x432414e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
device = '802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller (BCM4309)'
class = network
bar [10] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xfaff6000, size 8192, enabled
cap 01[40] = powerspec 2 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0
Last edited by DutchDaemon; February 5th, 2010 at 11:48. Reason: added [code] tags
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February 5th, 2010, 11:51
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Can you post the relevant bits of
dmesg -a?
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February 6th, 2010, 06:57
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I am not sure which parts are relevant as I did not see anything that looks like it is associated to the wireless mini pci card. But I have included the complete contents in the text file Dmesg.txt attached.
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February 6th, 2010, 09:55
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I did figure out that part of the driver was not loaded. I went to /usr/src/sys/modules/bwi and did make install clean which got me the if_bwi.ko to load. once I rebooted I am now seeing the following in dmesg
Code:
bwi0: <Broadcom BCM4309 802.11a/b/g Wireless Lan> mem 0xfaff6000-0xfaff7fff irq 9 at device 3.0 on pci2 bwi0: [ITHREAD] bwi0: BBP: id 0x4306, rev 0x2, pkg 0 bwi0: MAC: rev 4 bwi0: MAC: rev 4 bwi0: PHY: type 2, rev 1, ver 1 bwi0: RF: manu 0x17f, type 0x2050, rev 2 bwi0: invalid antenna gain in sprom bwi0: PHY: type 0, rev 2, ver 1 bwi0: RF: manu 0x17f, type 0x2060, rev 1 bwi0: invalid antenna gain in sprom bwi0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface I am also seeing the following in pciconf -lcvb Code:
bwi0@pci0:2:3:0: class=0x028000 card=0x00011028 chip=0x432414e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
device = '802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller (BCM4309)'
class = network
bar [10] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xfaff6000, size 8192, enabled
cap 01[40] = powerspec 2 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0
So after making progress to this point I was am assuming that I have the drivers installed. Which does bring me to the next roadblock the bwi0 interface is showing no carrier and I am not getting any scan results. Code:
ifconfig bwi0
bwi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
ether 00:90:4b:16:6c:7a
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
status: no carrier
Code:
ifconfig bwi0 up scan ifconfig: unable to get scan results P.S DutchDaemon I truly appreciate your help thus far! Last edited by DutchDaemon; February 6th, 2010 at 19:03. Reason: I'd appreciate some [code] tags ;)
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February 6th, 2010, 19:05
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Did you check this out?
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February 7th, 2010, 10:32
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I have finally been able to piece enough information together to get wireless working. Here are the changes so far in the corresponding files:
cat /etc/rc.conf ... Code:
hald_enable="YES" dbus_enable="YES" tcp_extensions="YES" inetd_enable="YES" wpa_supplicant_enable="YES" wpa_supplicant_conf_file="/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf" vaps_bwi0="wlan0" wlans_bwi0="wlan0" ifconfig_wlan0="WPA inet 192.168.0.11 netmask 255.255.255.0" defaultrouter=192.168.0.100 Code:
bwi_v3_ucode_load="YES" if_bwi_load="YES" wlan_scan_ap_load="YES" wlan_scan_sta_load="YES" wlan_wep_load="YES" wlan_ccmp_load="YES" wlan_tkip_load="YES" if_vlan_load="YES" cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf Code:
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
ap_scan=1
network={
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
ssid="MYSSID"
psk="MYPASSKEY"
pairwise=TKIP
}
DutchDaemon Thanks again for the guidance! Last edited by DutchDaemon; February 8th, 2010 at 01:01.
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February 18th, 2010, 21:33
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P. S.
bhavesh# cat /etc/rc.conf
Code:
# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sat Feb 13 23:47:57 2010
# Created: Sat Feb 13 23:47:57 2010
# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
# Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
# This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
keymap="us.iso"
moused_enable="YES"
# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sun Feb 14 01:43:04 2010
hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"
# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sun Feb 14 14:55:42 2010
ifconfig_bfe0="DHCP"
hostname="bhavesh.ath.cx"
#wlans_wpi0="wlan0"
#ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
#ifconfig_ath0="ssid Adi DHCP"
tcp_extensions="YES"
inetd_enable="YES"
wpa_supplicant_enable="YES"
wpa_supplicant_conf_file="/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"
vaps_bwi0="wlan0"
wlans_bwi0="wlan0"
#ifconfig_bwi0="ssid Adi DHCP"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA inet 192.168.0.100 netmask 255.255.255.0"
#defaultrouter=192.168.1.2
bhavesh#
bhavesh#
bhavesh#
bhavesh#
bhavesh#
bhavesh#
bhavesh#
bhavesh#
bhavesh# cat /boot/loader.conf
#if_wpi_load="YES"
#if_ath_load="YES"
bwi_v3_ucode_load="YES"
if_bwi_load="YES"
wlan_scan_ap_load="YES"
wlan_scan_sta_load="YES"
wlan_wep_load="YES"
wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
wlan_tkip_load="YES"
if_vlan_load="YES"
bhavesh#
bhavesh#
bhavesh#
bhavesh#
bhavesh#
bhavesh#
bhavesh#
bhavesh#
bhavesh# cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
ap_scan=1
network={
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
ssid="Adi"
psk="Yamila Drink"
pairwise=TKIP
#wep_tx_keyidx=0
#wep_key0=92645234297244926452342972
}
bhavesh#
Last edited by DutchDaemon; February 19th, 2010 at 01:30. Reason: added [code] tags
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February 19th, 2010, 21:03
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Code:
bhavesh: bhavesh# dmesg | grep bwi Preloaded elf module "/boot/modules/bwi_v3_ucode.ko" at 0xc0f90284. firmware: 'bwi_v3_ucode' version 0: 0 bytes loaded at 0xc0f763d4 firmware: 'bwi_v3_ucode11' version 0: 21680 bytes loaded at 0xc0f763d4 firmware: 'bwi_v3_ucode2' version 0: 16360 bytes loaded at 0xc0f7b884 firmware: 'bwi_v3_ucode4' version 0: 20096 bytes loaded at 0xc0f7f86c firmware: 'bwi_v3_ucode5' version 0: 22280 bytes loaded at 0xc0f846ec firmware: 'bwi_v3_a0g0bsinitvals2' version 0: 18 bytes loaded at 0xc0f89df4 firmware: 'bwi_v3_a0g0bsinitvals5' version 0: 158 bytes loaded at 0xc0f89e06 firmware: 'bwi_v3_a0g0initvals2' version 0: 2520 bytes loaded at 0xc0f89ea4 firmware: 'bwi_v3_a0g0initvals5' version 0: 1818 bytes loaded at 0xc0f8a87c firmware: 'bwi_v3_a0g1bsinitvals5' version 0: 158 bytes loaded at 0xc0f8af96 firmware: 'bwi_v3_a0g1initvals5' version 0: 1818 bytes loaded at 0xc0f8b034 firmware: 'bwi_v3_b0g0bsinitvals2' version 0: 18 bytes loaded at 0xc0f8b74e firmware: 'bwi_v3_b0g0bsinitvals5' version 0: 158 bytes loaded at 0xc0f8b760 firmware: 'bwi_v3_b0g0initvals2' version 0: 2520 bytes loaded at 0xc0f8b7fe firmware: 'bwi_v3_b0g0initvals5' version 0: 1818 bytes loaded at 0xc0f8c1d6 firmware: 'bwi_v3_pcm4' version 0: 1320 bytes loaded at 0xc0f8c8f0 firmware: 'bwi_v3_pcm5' version 0: 1320 bytes loaded at 0xc0f8ce18
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