wireless on HP compaq 6715s - Broadcom BCM5906m - not supported?
Anton Shterenlikht
mexas at bristol.ac.uk
Tue Jul 6 09:47:38 UTC 2010
On Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 06:15:06PM +0000, Paul B Mahol wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas at bristol.ac.uk> wrote:
> > I've HP Compaq 6715s laptop.
> > Looking at "pciconf -lv" output, the
> > wireless (and ethernet) device is:
> >
> >
> > bge0 at pci0:16:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x171314e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
> > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
> > device = 'Broadcom NetLink (TM) Fast Ethernet (BCM5906m)'
> > class = network
> > subclass = ethernet
>
> I see only ethernet, which is supported fine.
Paul, thank you for your help.
HP manuals describe it as "integrated wireless LAN" device.
well.. this also puzzled me. The thing is, this laptop has
a wireless button. When the laptop was running MS Windows XP,
the button could be used to enable/disable wireless. There
is a small LED on the button which lights up when wireless
is enabled. After I installed FreeBSD 9.0-current, the button
is always off. I tried to press it during boot, while in BIOS,
and after boot - it is always off, at least the LED is always
off.
So I'm thinking perhaps wireless is off on a very low level,
and hence is not picked up by kernel?
I was hoping to hear from somebody who uses a similar laptop..
Here's the full pciconf -lv output:
# pciconf -lv
hostb0 at pci0:0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x79101002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'
device = 'RS690 Host Bridge'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
pcib1 at pci0:0:1:0: class=0x060400 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x79121002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'
device = 'RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx)'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
pcib2 at pci0:0:4:0: class=0x060400 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x79141002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
pcib3 at pci0:0:5:0: class=0x060400 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x79151002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
pcib4 at pci0:0:6:0: class=0x060400 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x79161002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'
device = 'RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 2)'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
atapci0 at pci0:0:18:0: class=0x01018f card=0x43801002 chip=0x43801002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'
device = 'IXP SB600 Serial ATA Controller'
class = mass storage
subclass = ATA
ohci0 at pci0:0:19:0: class=0x0c0310 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x43871002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'
device = 'IXP SB600 USB Controller (OHCI0)'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
ohci1 at pci0:0:19:1: class=0x0c0310 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x43881002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'
device = 'IXP SB600 USB Controller (OHCI1)'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
ohci2 at pci0:0:19:2: class=0x0c0310 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x43891002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'
device = 'IXP SB600 USB Controller (OHCI2)'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
ohci3 at pci0:0:19:3: class=0x0c0310 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x438a1002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'
device = 'IXP SB600 USB Controller (OHCI3)'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
ohci4 at pci0:0:19:4: class=0x0c0310 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x438b1002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'
device = 'IXP SB600 USB Controller (OHCI4)'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
ehci0 at pci0:0:19:5: class=0x0c0320 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x43861002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'
device = 'IXP SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
none0 at pci0:0:20:0: class=0x0c0500 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x43851002 rev=0x14 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'
device = 'ATI SMBus (ATI RD600/RS600)'
class = serial bus
subclass = SMBus
atapci1 at pci0:0:20:1: class=0x010182 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x438c1002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'
device = 'ATI RD600/RS600 IDE Controller (RD600/RS600)'
class = mass storage
subclass = ATA
none1 at pci0:0:20:2: class=0x040300 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x43831002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'
device = 'IXP SB600 High Definition Audio Controller'
class = multimedia
subclass = HDA
isab0 at pci0:0:20:3: class=0x060100 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x438d1002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'
device = 'IXP SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-ISA
pcib5 at pci0:0:20:4: class=0x060401 card=0x00000000 chip=0x43841002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'
device = 'IXP SB600 PCI to PCI Bridge'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
hostb1 at pci0:0:24:0: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x11001022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)'
device = 'Athlon64/Opteron/Sempron (K8 Family) HyperTransport Technology Configuration'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
hostb2 at pci0:0:24:1: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x11011022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)'
device = 'Athlon64/Opteron/Sempron (K8 Family) Address Map'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
hostb3 at pci0:0:24:2: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x11021022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)'
device = 'Athlon64/Opteron/Sempron (K8 Family) DRAM Controller'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
hostb4 at pci0:0:24:3: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x11031022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)'
device = 'Athlon64/Opteron/Sempron (K8 Family) Miscellaneous Control'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
vgapci0 at pci0:1:5:0: class=0x030000 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x791f1002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'
device = 'ATI Mobility Radeon x1100 (RS690M)'
class = display
subclass = VGA
bge0 at pci0:16:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x171314e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
device = 'Broadcom NetLink (TM) Fast Ethernet (BCM5906m)'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
cbb0 at pci0:2:4:0: class=0x060700 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x04761180 rev=0xb6 hdr=0x02
vendor = 'Ricoh Co Ltd'
device = 'Ricoh R/RL/5C476(II) (unknown)'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-CardBus
and dmesg:
# dmesg
Copyright (c) 1992-2010 The FreeBSD Project.
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #0 r209229: Wed Jun 16 15:04:58 BST 2010
mexas at mech-aslap239.men.bris.ac.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BUZI amd64
WARNING: WITNESS option enabled, expect reduced performance.
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 (1995.01-MHz K8-class CPU)
Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x60f82 Family = f Model = 68 Stepping = 2
Features=0x178bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT>
Features2=0x2001<SSE3,CX16>
AMD Features=0xea500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,RDTSCP,LM,3DNow!+,3DNow!>
AMD Features2=0x11f<LAHF,CMP,SVM,ExtAPIC,CR8,Prefetch>
real memory = 3221225472 (3072 MB)
avail memory = 2964361216 (2827 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <HP 0944 >
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)
cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0
cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1
ACPI Error: 32/64X address mismatch in Pm2ControlBlock: 0x 8800/0x 0 8100, using 32 (20100428/tbfadt-526)
ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 2
ioapic0 <Version 2.1> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
kbd1 at kbdmux0
acpi0: <HPQOEM SLIC-MPC> on motherboard
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
unknown: I/O range not supported
acpi0: reservation of 0, 8000000 (3) failed
acpi0: reservation of 100000, fff00000 (3) failed
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <32-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x8008-0x800b on acpi0
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
acpi_ec0: <Embedded Controller: GPE 0x11> port 0x62,0x66 on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0x4000-0x40ff mem 0xc0000000-0xc7ffffff,0xd0200000-0xd020ffff,0xd0300000-0xd03fffff irq 19 at device 5.0 on pci1
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 4.0 on pci0
pci16: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
bge0: <Broadcom BCM5906 A2, ASIC rev. 0x00c002> mem 0xd0000000-0xd000ffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci16
miibus0: <MII bus> on bge0
brgphy0: <BCM5906 10/100baseTX PHY> PHY 1 on miibus0
brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
bge0: Ethernet address: 00:1a:4b:89:4b:4e
bge0: [ITHREAD]
pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 5.0 on pci0
pci32: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 6.0 on pci0
pci48: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
atapci0: <ATI IXP600 SATA300 controller> port 0x9000-0x9007,0x9008-0x900b,0x9010-0x9017,0x5018-0x501b,0x5020-0x502f mem 0xd0409000-0xd04093ff irq 16 at device 18.0 on pci0
atapci0: [ITHREAD]
atapci0: AHCI v1.10 controller with 4 3Gbps ports, PM not supported
ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata2: [ITHREAD]
ohci0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xd0401000-0xd0401fff irq 23 at device 19.0 on pci0
ohci0: [ITHREAD]
usbus0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> on ohci0
ohci1: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xd0402000-0xd0402fff irq 17 at device 19.1 on pci0
ohci1: [ITHREAD]
usbus1: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> on ohci1
ohci2: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xd0403000-0xd0403fff irq 17 at device 19.2 on pci0
ohci2: [ITHREAD]
usbus2: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> on ohci2
ohci3: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xd0404000-0xd0404fff irq 17 at device 19.3 on pci0
ohci3: [ITHREAD]
usbus3: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> on ohci3
ohci4: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xd0405000-0xd0405fff irq 17 at device 19.4 on pci0
ohci4: [ITHREAD]
usbus4: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> on ohci4
ehci0: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xd0406000-0xd04060ff irq 23 at device 19.5 on pci0
ehci0: [ITHREAD]
ehci0: AMD SB600/700 quirk applied
usbus5: EHCI version 1.0
usbus5: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 20.0 (no driver attached)
atapci1: <ATI IXP600 UDMA133 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x5040-0x504f irq 16 at device 20.1 on pci0
ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci1
ata0: [ITHREAD]
pci0: <multimedia, HDA> at device 20.2 (no driver attached)
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 20.3 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
pcib5: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 20.4 on pci0
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib5
cbb0: <RF5C476 PCI-CardBus Bridge> mem 0xd0100000-0xd0100fff irq 20 at device 4.0 on pci2
cardbus0: <CardBus bus> on cbb0
pccard0: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb0
cbb0: [FILTER]
battery0: <ACPI Control Method Battery> on acpi0
battery1: <ACPI Control Method Battery> on acpi0
acpi_acad0: <AC Adapter> on acpi0
acpi_button0: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
acpi_lid0: <Control Method Lid Switch> on acpi0
acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x71,0x72-0x73 irq 8 on acpi0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: [ITHREAD]
psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3
orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xd0000-0xd0fff on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
acpi_throttle0: <ACPI CPU Throttling> on cpu0
powernow0: <PowerNow! K8> on cpu0
acpi_throttle1: <ACPI CPU Throttling> on cpu1
acpi_throttle1: failed to attach P_CNT
device_attach: acpi_throttle1 attach returned 6
powernow1: <PowerNow! K8> on cpu1
>
> >
> > I tried to search on the net, including FBSD hardware release notes,
> > and it seems this device is not supported.
>
> For wireless check bwi(4) and bwn(4) manual pages.
no, these drivers don't detect the chip. And they
probably shouldn't given that the man pages talk
about BCM43xx series, while my chip
seems to be BCM5906m.
>
> > Can anybody comment on/confirm this please?
> >
> > Any experience using this chip with NDIS?
>
> Works fine on i386, with few known problems with known workarounds.
> amd64 is usually broken.
ok, I see, not very likely then.
many thanks
anton
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