Call for Test and Review: bwn(4) - another Broadcom Wireless driver

Weongyo Jeong weongyo.jeong at gmail.com
Sat Apr 24 23:21:08 UTC 2010


On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 06:44:25PM -0500, James R. Van Artsdalen wrote:
> I have a Dell Zino HD (Mac mini clone, with eSATA ports) that uses the
> BCM4353 chip (called a Dell 1520 card)
> 
> none3 at pci0:2:0:0:    class=0x028000 card=0x000e1028 chip=0x435314e4
> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Broadcom Corporation'
>     class      = network
> 
> Should I expect this to work with to work here or try the NDIS driver?

BCM4353 uses N PHY so it's not supported by bwn(4).  I think NDIS driver
is only a way to try currently.

regards,
Weongyo Jeong



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