Re: bwi(4) BCM4315 support?

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 4:36 AM, Ian Freislich <ianf_at_clue.co.za> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have the following card:
>
> bwi0_at_pci0:1:0:0:        class=0x028000 card=0x1508103c chip=0x431514e4
> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Broadcom Corporation'
>    device     = 'Broadcom Wireless b/g (BCM4315/BCM22062000)'
>    class      = network
>
> By playing a little bit with the if_bwi source, I've managed to get
> it detected to this point, but I obviously don't know what I'm
> doing:
>
> bwi0: <Broadcom BCM4315 802.11b/g Wireless Lan> mem 0xfeafc000-0xfeafffff
> irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
> bwi0: [ITHREAD]
> bwi0: BBP: id 0x4312, rev 0x1, pkg 0
> bwi0: MAC: rev 15
> bwi0: PHY: type 5, rev 1, ver 6
> bwi0: RF: manu 0x17f, type 0x0002, rev 0
> bwi0: only BCM2050 RF is supported for 11G PHY
> device_attach: bwi0 attach returned 6
>
> Is there any thing I can try?  Is there support on the horizon or
> should I try and replace it with a supported card?
>
> Ian
>

Hi there Ian !
Maybe you should get in touch with paradox from the forum.freebsd.org ... I
think he´s working on it and on other chips too ... you might want to take a
look in here: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=2477&page=4

Hope that helps
Best Regards
Gonzalo