Bug 154500
| Summary: | [PATCH] bwn(4): add my wireless adapter | ||||||||
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| Product: | Documentation | Reporter: | R.Mahmatkhanov <cvs-src> | ||||||
| Component: | Books & Articles | Assignee: | Martin Wilke <miwi> | ||||||
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||||||||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||||||||
| Priority: | Normal | ||||||||
| Version: | Latest | ||||||||
| Hardware: | Any | ||||||||
| OS: | Any | ||||||||
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It had worked with bwi.4 in past time, so it's applicable to bwi.4 too. -- Regards, Ruslan Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-doc->miwi I'll take it. Author: miwi (doc,ports committer) Date: Sun Feb 6 09:49:55 2011 New Revision: 218366 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/218366 Log: - Add Dell Wireless 1390 BCM4311 Mini PCI to supported list. PR: 154500 Submitted by: Ruslan Mahmatkhanov <cvs-src@yandex.ru> Modified: head/share/man/man4/bwi.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/bwi.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/bwi.4 Sun Feb 6 09:33:08 2011 (r218365) +++ head/share/man/man4/bwi.4 Sun Feb 6 09:49:55 2011 (r218366) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 30, 2010 +.Dd February 6, 2011 .Dt BWI 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ driver supports Broadcom BCM43xx based w .It "Buffalo WLI-CB-G54S BCM4318 CardBus b/g" .It "Buffalo WLI-PCI-G54S BCM4306 PCI b/g" .It "Compaq R4035 onboard BCM4306 PCI b/g" +.It "Dell Wireless 1390 BCM4311 Mini PCI b/g" .It "Dell Wireless 1470 BCM4318 Mini PCI b/g" .It "Dell Truemobile 1300 r2 BCM4306 Mini PCI b/g" .It "Dell Truemobile 1400 BCM4309 Mini PCI b/g" @@ -91,18 +92,18 @@ driver supports Broadcom BCM43xx based w .It "US Robotics 5411 BCM4318 CardBus b/g" .El .Pp -The -.Nm +The +.Nm driver uses the older v3 version of Broadcom's firmware. While this older firmware does support most BCM43xx parts, the -.Xr bwn 4 +.Xr bwn 4 driver works better for the newer chips it supports. -You must use the -.Nm +You must use the +.Nm driver if you are using older Broadcom chipsets (BCM4301, BCM4303 and BCM4306 rev 2). -The v4 version of the firmware that -.Xr bwn 4 +The v4 version of the firmware that +.Xr bwn 4 uses does not support these chips. .Sh EXAMPLES Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point): _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" State Changed From-To: open->closed Committed. Thanks! Author: miwi (doc,ports committer) Date: Tue Feb 15 05:57:53 2011 New Revision: 218694 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/218694 Log: - Add Dell Wireless 1390 BCM4311 Mini PCI to supported list. PR: 154500 Submitted by: Ruslan Mahmatkhanov <cvs-src at yandex.ru> Approved by: rwatson Modified: head/share/man/man4/bwn.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/bwn.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/bwn.4 Tue Feb 15 01:34:46 2011 (r218693) +++ head/share/man/man4/bwn.4 Tue Feb 15 05:57:53 2011 (r218694) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd October 12, 2010 +.Dd February 15, 2011 .Dt BWN 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ driver supports Broadcom BCM43xx based w .It "Apple Airport Extreme BCM4318 PCI b/g" .It "ASUS WL-138g BCM4318 PCI b/g" .It "Buffalo WLI-CB-G54S BCM4318 CardBus b/g" +.It "Dell Wireless 1390 BCM4311 Mini PCI b/g" .It "Dell Wireless 1470 BCM4318 Mini PCI b/g" .It "Dell Truemobile 1400 BCM4309 Mini PCI b/g" .It "HP Compaq 6715b BCM4312 PCI b/g" _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" |
- add adapter found in my HP nx7400 EY587ES siba_bwn0@pci0:16:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x1364103c chip=0x431114e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' device = 'Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (BCM4311)' class = network Fix: Patch attached with submission follows: