Belkin F8T065 doesn't register properly (BCM20702A0)

maksim yevmenkin maksim.yevmenkin at gmail.com
Thu Mar 5 00:27:27 UTC 2015


>> [...]
>> 
>>>> Any hints on getting it to work?
>> 
>> it probably needs firmware to be loaded first. you might be able to
>> locate firmware, and, possibly hack on bcmfw(8) in the source tree to
>> get it to load.
>> 
>> if you have windows driver try to look at .hex, .img, .bin or
> 
> The included CD-ROM contains (Windows) software, organazied in nice folders with names WIN8, WIN7 and so on. I used the WIN7 folder for this example.
> The folder contains just one file Setup.exe, but 7za can look into the archive. There are a lof of .hex files there, so I extract the archive.
> Looking in the file bcbtums-win7x86-brcm.inf (text), I figure out that the correct firmwre file is named BCM20702A1_001.002.014.0889.0927.hex

... 

Yes, I think this is the firmware. 

>> looking for. of course, like i mentioned before, you need to hack
>> something to load firmware. older Broadcom chips can be loaded with
>> bcmfw(8). so its a good place to start. 
> 
> If I understand this correctly, bcmfw(8) needs ubtbcmfw(4) to be able to download firmware?

You might be able to use ugen. 


> 
> Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions.
> -- 


No problem. 

Good luck!

Thanks
Max



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