if_bwn woes

[Paul B Mahol]

On 10/7/10, Eitan Adler <lists at eitanadler.com> wrote:
> On a fresh 8.1-RELEASE install
>
> ifconfig wlan0 scan results in no output and takes forever (ie - it hangs)
If you set wlan0 for manual roaming it will not hang.

Use 'ifconfig wlan0 list scan' instead.

> ifconfig wlan0 ssid my_ssid
> dhclient wlan0
> results in no link being discovered
>
> Here is some relevant system config and such to help diagnose the problem:
>
> #ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev bwn0
>
> #ifconfig bwn0
> bwn0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNIN,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
>    ether xx:yy:zz:xx:yy:zz
>    media: IEEE 8.2.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g
>    status: associated
>
> # cat /boot/loader.conf |head -2
> bwn_b4_lp_ucode_load="YES"
> if_bwn_load="YES"
>
> #kldstat |grep bwn
> 2 1 0xc0fb6000 37248 if_bwn.ko
> 3 2 0xc0fee000 a26c siba_bwn.ko
> 7 1 0xc1078000 2cbd8 bwn_v4_lp_ucode
>
> #pciconf -lv | grep -A3 bwn
> siba_bwn0 at pci0:4:0:0:  class=0x028000 card=0x04b514e4 chip=0x431514e4
> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>     vender = 'Broadcom Corporation'
>     device = 'Broadcom Wireless b/g (BCM4315/BCM22062000)'
>     class    = network
>
> #uname -rms
> FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE i386
>
> On a Lenovo G530
>
> --
> Eitan Adler
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