Broadcom Wireless BCM4312 Rev.02 (BCM4310 UART) troubles
John Baldwin
jhb at freebsd.org
Tue Aug 31 13:35:45 UTC 2010
On Tuesday, August 31, 2010 7:44:28 am Taras Korenko wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 02:30:54PM +0400, Michael BlackHeart wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I've got a problem with Broadcomm Wireless.
> > I have notebook HP Compaq 6720s with BCM4312.
> > [...]
>
> > ifconfig bwn0 up scan
> > bwn0: firmware version (rev 410 patch 2160 date 0x751a time 0x7c0a)
> > ifconfig: unable to get scan results
> > [...]
>
> Why don't you try to play with wlan(4) on top of bwi/bwn?
> An example is here: handbook / 31.3.3.1.1 How to Find Access Points.
Yes, even with ndis (which is what I use for this adapter, albeit on i386),
you have to use wlan. (ndis on i386 will not have the 'fpudna' issues since
32-bit Windows drivers do not use SSE instructions.) Even with ndis I have to
run ndis_events for WPA auth to work FWIW.
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John Baldwin
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