wireless card not working

hd99

Hi,

I dont see my wireless NIC in ifconfig

here is my logs info:
https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=b77b926f9b

hope to get connected with something else than android tethering

already did a fw_update while connected through tethering
ahem, I saw bwi and bwfm (http://firmware.openbsd.org/firmware/7.0/), but I dont understand how to install them. I did :
pkg_add -i path_to_bwi...tgz for both files
looks like it installed files, but still no WLAN NIC detected..

thankies

rvp

hd99 The bwfm man-page doesn't list your particular card and the driver seems to handle far fewer devices than listed in the man-page. Ask on the OpenBSD mailing-list about this... or, use the wired ethernet?

hd99 did :
pkg_add -i path_to_bwi...tgz for both files
looks like it installed files, but still no WLAN NIC detected..

Did you use the fw_update command to install the firmware?

hd99

rvp
no, because there is no readme nor other resource to know how to use :
I do have a NIC wlan card
openbsd
fw_update command
and some tar files.
I don't know which one I have to use, and inside of it, which subfile or specific file do I have to use with fw_update.
I tried to pkg_add firmware.tar
but I think it's wrong... I have no clue going on that

thank you =)

hd99

😑

rvp

hd99 As far as I'm aware (I don't have any HW which needs firmware binaries), you just need to run fw_update as root. It will then check your system and then download and install whatever firmware blobs are needed. Or, you may need to run fw_update driver specifically selecting some driver. But, for that you need to know the driver name.

Can you post the output of dmesg after a fresh power-off?

hd99

rvp

https://www.3hg.fr/CHATONS/Pastebin/?156fd9658749f070#GRf9WAUdcJv4vzdVCm8FZhM7e3D6yhM4Pi7syEbmMBTg

rvp

hd99 From your dmesg output:

vendor "Broadcom", unknown product 0x4365 (class network subclass miscellaneous, rev 0x01) at pci2 dev 0 function 0 not configured

That's a BCM43142 802.11b/g/n wireless+BT? combo device, and it looks like there's no driver support.

hd99

rvp

hi,
thank you for answering
even regarding those firmwares/drivers? Mean, doesnt have a generic for the wlan NIC of broadcom brand on that url?
http://firmware.openbsd.org/firmware/7.0/

rvp

hd99 Loading firmware comes much later. First, the driver has to recognize the device, and it has not. In fact, none of the compiled-in drivers have "claimed" that device, hence that not configured message.

hd99

rvp

Hi,
how long/much time would it take to learn C and developp an OSS driver for broadcom devices?
it's supported under linux, I guess not in only two months but how about it? why bsd can't use it?
If I learn C, how long would it takes?
I thank you vm =)

rvp

hd99 how long/much time would it take to learn C and developp an OSS driver for broadcom devices?

Depends. If your device is very similar to one of the supported cards, then the changes may be trivial. At the other extreme, if the device is not supported at all, then the porting effort may be substantial. In this case, the best thing to do is contract a port.

strawman2511

hd99 Well, I guess we are on the same boat. I also have BCM43142 wireless device in my laptop. Maybe we could try to port and modify it. I am not sure if Broadcom license allow us to do that. OpenBSD used to have issue with broadcom when they port some broadcom devices. Result that they delete all of broadcom code.