$ sudo portsnap auto && sudo pkg install b43-fwcutter dialog4ports gmake subversion && \
sudo svn checkout https://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/11.0 /usr/src && \
cd /usr/ports/net/bwn-firmware-kmod && sudo make install clean
$ cat /boot/defaults/loader.conf | grep bwn
if_bwn_load="YES" # Broadcom BCM43xx IEEE 802.11 wireless NICs
$
$ kldstat
Id Refs Address Size Name
1 44 0xffffffff80200000 1fa7c38 kernel
2 1 0xffffffff821a9000 30aea0 zfs.ko
3 2 0xffffffff824b4000 adc0 opensolaris.ko
4 1 0xffffffff824bf000 21bd0 geom_eli.ko
5 1 0xffffffff824e1000 4d4f8 if_bwn.ko
6 2 0xffffffff8252f000 f008 siba_bwn.ko
7 1 0xffffffff82540000 b3e8 aesni.ko
8 1 0xffffffff82b1f000 2a01 uhid.ko
9 1 0xffffffff82b22000 3707 ums.ko
10 1 0xffffffff82b26000 4fa6 ng_ubt.ko
11 5 0xffffffff82b2b000 bf02 netgraph.ko
12 1 0xffffffff82b37000 a585 ng_hci.ko
13 3 0xffffffff82b42000 107b ng_bluetooth.ko
14 1 0xffffffff82b44000 d57f ng_l2cap.ko
15 1 0xffffffff82b52000 1b191 ng_btsocket.ko
16 1 0xffffffff82b6e000 393a ng_socket.ko
$
$ sudo ifconfig wlan create wlandev bwn0 ssid piano up
Password:
ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Device not configured
$
… currently not supported - full stop (at least on 64bit installs, apparently it is possible to make 32-bit ones work with ndis(4) ). I am currently working on upgrading bwn(4) to support these newer cards however I am still a way off. I’ll let you know what I find! …
Does anyone know how this is going?