Belkin F8T065 doesn't register properly (BCM20702A0)

[Torfinn Ingolfsen]

On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 15:19:49 -0800
Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen
> <torfinn.ingolfsen at getmail.no> wrote:
> > On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 08:02:57 -0800
> > Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 11:19 PM, Iain Hibbert <plunky at ogmig.net> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, 4 Mar 2015, maksim yevmenkin wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> >> 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.
> >
> > Ok, I didn't think of that.
> > A quick hack on a copy of bcmfw, and I have this:
> > removed the check for '-m':
> > tingo at kg-core1$ ~/work/bcmfw/bcmfw -n ugen3.3 -f ./Win32/BCM20702A1_001.002.014.0889.0927.hex
> > bcmfw[45566]: Unsupported device, VendorID=0x50d, ProductID=0x65a
> 
> can you please tell which copy is it? netbsd or freebsd one?

Of course, sorry for forgetting; it is the one from FreeBSD.

> i think you need to use libusb. here some linux python code that might
> be of some help
> 
> https://github.com/Dolnor/DELL-SCT-Support/blob/master/Clover/OEM/Wireless/SLE/BTFirmwareUploader.kext/Contents/Resources/bcmfwup.py

I'll have a look at it.
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Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen at getmail.no>