Broadcom Wireless BCM4312 Rev.02 (BCM4310 UART) troubles

[Michael BlackHeart]

Hello

I've got a problem with Broadcomm Wireless.
I have notebook HP Compaq 6720s with BCM4312. I disassemblied book and saw
there plugable Wireless Module but I'm lazy to do it again to werify it's
ID.

Windows XP drivers works fine and says that is's

PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_4312&SUBSYS_1371103C&REV_02\4&29E2C51B&0&00E1
MEMORY E4000000 - E4003FFF
IRQ 17

I've tried :
FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Jul 19 02:36:49 UTC 2010
[hidden email]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
And noting as i386 8.1 release.

Now I'm running:
FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #0 r211991: Mon Aug 30 14:58:34 MSD
2010
root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64

With no driver attached "pciconf -l -cvb" says:

none1@pci0:16:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x1371103c chip=0x431214e4 rev=0x02
hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
device = 'BCM4310 UART (Wireless Ethernet Adapter)'
class = network
bar [10] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xe4000000, size 16384, enabled
cap 01[40] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0
cap 09[58] = vendor (length 120)
cap 05[e8] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit
cap 10[d0] = PCI-Express 1 endpoint max data 128(128) link x1(x1)

Clean install, trying bwi driver first

cd /usr/ports/net/bwi-firmware-kmod && make install clean && rehash
kldload bwi_ucode_v3
cd /usr/sys/src/modules/bwi
make all obj depend install clean
kldload if_bwi

Aug 18 12:19:58 kernel: bwi0: <Broadcom BCM4312 802.11a/b/g Wireless Lan>
mem 0xe4000000-0xe4003fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci16
Aug 18 12:19:58 kernel: bwi0: [ITHREAD]
Aug 18 12:19:58 kernel: bwi0: BBP: id 0x4311, rev 0x2, pkg 0
Aug 18 12:19:58 kernel: bwi0: MAC rev 13 is not supported
Aug 18 12:19:58 kernel: bwi0: no MAC was found
Aug 18 12:19:58 kernel: device_attach: bwi0 attach returned 6

pciconf -l -cvb says:

bwi0@pci0:16:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x1371103c chip=0x431214e4 rev=0x02
hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
device = 'BCM4310 UART (Wireless Ethernet Adapter)'
class = network
cap 01[40] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0
cap 09[58] = vendor (length 120)
cap 05[e8] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit
cap 10[d0] = PCI-Express 1 endpoint max data 128(128) link x1(x1)

now rebooting 'cos even after kldunloading if_bwi module it's still lists in
pciconfand trying bwn

cd /usr/ports/net/bwn-firmware-kmod && make install clean && rehash
kldload bwn_v4_ucode.ko
kldload if_bwn

pciconf -l -cvb says:

siba_bwn0: <Broadcom BCM4312 802.11a/b/g Wireless> mem 0xe4000000-0xe4003fff
irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci16
siba_bwn0: unsupported coreid (USB 1.1 Host)
bwn0 on siba_bwn0
bwn0: WLAN (chipid 0x4311 rev 13) PHY (analog 4 type 2 rev 9) RADIO (manuf
0x17f ver 0x2050 rev 2)
bwn0: DMA (64 bits)
bwn0: Using 1 MSI messages
bwn0: [FILTER]

siba_bwn0@pci0:16:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x1371103c chip=0x431214e4
rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
device = 'BCM4310 UART (Wireless Ethernet Adapter)'
class = network
bar [10] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xe4000000, size 16384, enabled
cap 01[40] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0
cap 09[58] = vendor (length 120)
cap 05[e8] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit enabled with 1 message
cap 10[d0] = PCI-Express 1 endpoint max data 128(128) link x1(x1)

ifconfig bwn0 up scan
bwn0: firmware version (rev 410 patch 2160 date 0x751a time 0x7c0a)
ifconfig: unable to get scan results
bwn0: status of RF switch is changed to OFF

book have a switch to turn on/off all radio and it's always on. also when
i'm switching it FreeBSD says nothing
Also I tried acpi_hp - no sense
And i didn't find any apropriate in sysctl

Moving next - ndis
I've tried couple of drivers
With WinXP that running on drivers v. VERSION: 7.10 REV: B from sp41680
And OS goes to kernel panic just when I kldloaded it.
No dump, sorry, but I don't think that it matters a thing

Another one - VERSION: 6.10 REV: A from sp34152 works a bit better
It converts and loads without panic but in debug:
kldload bcmwl564_sys.ko

ndis0: <Broadcom 802.11a/b/g WLAN> mem 0xe4000000-0xe4003fff irq 17 at
device 0.
0 on pci16

ndis0: [ITHREAD]

ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1

fpudna in kernel mode!

pciconf -lcvb says:
ndis0@pci0:16:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x1371103c chip=0x431214e4 rev=0x02
hdr=0x00

vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'

device = 'BCM4310 UART (Wireless Ethernet Adapter)'

class = network

bar [10] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xe4000000, size 16384, enabled

cap 01[40] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0

cap 09[58] = vendor (length 120)
cap 05[e8] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit

cap 10[d0] = PCI-Express 1 endpoint max data 128(128) link x1(x1)

ifconfig says:


ndis0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290

ether 00:21:00:43:56:0e

media: IEEE 802.11
Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)

status: no carrier

and everything doesn't work again.

I think this as all info I can get, huh.
I've got only two questions:
1)Is there a way to determine what exactly microcode uses Windows Driver
(There's no info in devmgmgt.msc or I just don't get that it's info I'm
looking for)
2)Have u got any advices to me how to get it all working?
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[Taras Korenko]

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.

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[John Baldwin]

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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[Michael BlackHeart]

>   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.

wlan appeared in 7.2 or 7.3 and 8.0 as I remember and I always thought that
it's just a matter of security and easy maintaining and probably multi-wlan
routing. In a real daily usage I use it as well, for example it works great
on my server, but I guess it doesn't matter for a testing hardware, does it?

> 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.

I've tried i386 as well with ndis and it doesn't make a sense. Could you
please tell me the driver version you use, it's SP number if it's official
HP driver, or link to download the one you have to work with. And a link how
to use ndis_events will be great, I've never try this one.

Thanks
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[Kevin Oberman]

> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:08:49 +0400
> From: Michael BlackHeart <[hidden email]>
> Sender: [hidden email]
>
> >   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.
>
> wlan appeared in 7.2 or 7.3 and 8.0 as I remember and I always thought that
> it's just a matter of security and easy maintaining and probably multi-wlan
> routing. In a real daily usage I use it as well, for example it works great
> on my server, but I guess it doesn't matter for a testing hardware, does it?

Sorry, but wlan(4) is now mandatory for all wireless cards.
wlans_ath0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="inet 192.168.0.7/24 wepkey 1:SECRET ssid mylan weptxkey 1 wepmode on mode 11g -bgscan"
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[John Baldwin]

On Tuesday, August 31, 2010 2:08:49 pm Michael BlackHeart wrote:
> >   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.
>
> wlan appeared in 7.2 or 7.3 and 8.0 as I remember and I always thought that
> it's just a matter of security and easy maintaining and probably multi-wlan
> routing. In a real daily usage I use it as well, for example it works great
> on my server, but I guess it doesn't matter for a testing hardware, does it?

As others have noted, wlan devices are mandatory.

> > 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.
>
> I've tried i386 as well with ndis and it doesn't make a sense. Could you
> please tell me the driver version you use, it's SP number if it's official
> HP driver, or link to download the one you have to work with. And a link how
> to use ndis_events will be great, I've never try this one.

Hmm, I downloaded the driver over a year ago.  The INF file is UTF-16 or some
such which I cannot parse by hand very easily.  It is just called 'bcmwl5' and
the driver copyright is 1998-2008 Broadcom.

For ndis_events you just need to run it without any arguments.  I think you
can run it after wpa_supplicant has been started.

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[Paul B. Mahol]

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Michael BlackHeart <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hello
>
> I've got a problem with Broadcomm Wireless.
> I have notebook HP Compaq 6720s with BCM4312. I disassemblied book and saw
> there plugable Wireless Module but I'm lazy to do it again to werify it's
> ID.
>
> Windows XP drivers works fine and says that is's
>
> PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_4312&SUBSYS_1371103C&REV_02\4&29E2C51B&0&00E1
> MEMORY E4000000 - E4003FFF
> IRQ 17
>
> I've tried :
> FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Jul 19 02:36:49 UTC 2010
> [hidden email]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
> And noting as i386 8.1 release.
>
> Now I'm running:
> FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #0 r211991: Mon Aug 30 14:58:34 MSD
> 2010
> root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
>
> With no driver attached "pciconf -l -cvb" says:
>
> none1@pci0:16:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x1371103c chip=0x431214e4 rev=0x02
> hdr=0x00
> vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
> device = 'BCM4310 UART (Wireless Ethernet Adapter)'
> class = network
> bar [10] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xe4000000, size 16384, enabled
> cap 01[40] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0
> cap 09[58] = vendor (length 120)
> cap 05[e8] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit
> cap 10[d0] = PCI-Express 1 endpoint max data 128(128) link x1(x1)
>
> Clean install, trying bwi driver first
>
> cd /usr/ports/net/bwi-firmware-kmod && make install clean && rehash
> kldload bwi_ucode_v3
> cd /usr/sys/src/modules/bwi
> make all obj depend install clean
> kldload if_bwi
>
> Aug 18 12:19:58 kernel: bwi0: <Broadcom BCM4312 802.11a/b/g Wireless Lan>
> mem 0xe4000000-0xe4003fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci16
> Aug 18 12:19:58 kernel: bwi0: [ITHREAD]
> Aug 18 12:19:58 kernel: bwi0: BBP: id 0x4311, rev 0x2, pkg 0
> Aug 18 12:19:58 kernel: bwi0: MAC rev 13 is not supported

bwi(4) does not support your card.

> Aug 18 12:19:58 kernel: bwi0: no MAC was found
> Aug 18 12:19:58 kernel: device_attach: bwi0 attach returned 6
>
> pciconf -l -cvb says:
>
> bwi0@pci0:16:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x1371103c chip=0x431214e4 rev=0x02
> hdr=0x00
> vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
> device = 'BCM4310 UART (Wireless Ethernet Adapter)'
> class = network
> cap 01[40] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0
> cap 09[58] = vendor (length 120)
> cap 05[e8] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit
> cap 10[d0] = PCI-Express 1 endpoint max data 128(128) link x1(x1)
>
> now rebooting 'cos even after kldunloading if_bwi module it's still lists in
> pciconfand trying bwn
>
> cd /usr/ports/net/bwn-firmware-kmod && make install clean && rehash
> kldload bwn_v4_ucode.ko
> kldload if_bwn
>
> pciconf -l -cvb says:
>
> siba_bwn0: <Broadcom BCM4312 802.11a/b/g Wireless> mem 0xe4000000-0xe4003fff
> irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci16
> siba_bwn0: unsupported coreid (USB 1.1 Host)
> bwn0 on siba_bwn0
> bwn0: WLAN (chipid 0x4311 rev 13) PHY (analog 4 type 2 rev 9) RADIO (manuf
> 0x17f ver 0x2050 rev 2)
> bwn0: DMA (64 bits)
> bwn0: Using 1 MSI messages
> bwn0: [FILTER]
>
> siba_bwn0@pci0:16:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x1371103c chip=0x431214e4
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
> vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
> device = 'BCM4310 UART (Wireless Ethernet Adapter)'
> class = network
> bar [10] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xe4000000, size 16384, enabled
> cap 01[40] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0
> cap 09[58] = vendor (length 120)
> cap 05[e8] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit enabled with 1 message
> cap 10[d0] = PCI-Express 1 endpoint max data 128(128) link x1(x1)
>
> ifconfig bwn0 up scan
> bwn0: firmware version (rev 410 patch 2160 date 0x751a time 0x7c0a)
> ifconfig: unable to get scan results
> bwn0: status of RF switch is changed to OFF

You must create wlanX first.

>
> book have a switch to turn on/off all radio and it's always on. also when
> i'm switching it FreeBSD says nothing
> Also I tried acpi_hp - no sense
> And i didn't find any apropriate in sysctl
>
> Moving next - ndis
> I've tried couple of drivers
> With WinXP that running on drivers v. VERSION: 7.10 REV: B from sp41680
> And OS goes to kernel panic just when I kldloaded it.

NDISulator on amd64 is mostly broken. It can panic on driver
initialization (fixed in my git repo).
Also fpudna in kernel mode can cause panic (not yet fixed).

> No dump, sorry, but I don't think that it matters a thing
>
> Another one - VERSION: 6.10 REV: A from sp34152 works a bit better
> It converts and loads without panic but in debug:
> kldload bcmwl564_sys.ko
>
> ndis0: <Broadcom 802.11a/b/g WLAN> mem 0xe4000000-0xe4003fff irq 17 at
> device 0.
> 0 on pci16
>
> ndis0: [ITHREAD]
>
> ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1
>
> fpudna in kernel mode!

Interesting, that version of driver does not use symbols which cause
crash on driver initialization of older driver...

Of course most 6.X drivers dont have support for older NDIS 5.1 API.

> pciconf -lcvb says:
> ndis0@pci0:16:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x1371103c chip=0x431214e4 rev=0x02
> hdr=0x00
>
> vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
>
> device = 'BCM4310 UART (Wireless Ethernet Adapter)'
>
> class = network
>
> bar [10] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xe4000000, size 16384, enabled
>
> cap 01[40] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0
>
> cap 09[58] = vendor (length 120)
> cap 05[e8] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit
>
> cap 10[d0] = PCI-Express 1 endpoint max data 128(128) link x1(x1)
>
> ifconfig says:
>
>
> ndis0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
>
> ether 00:21:00:43:56:0e
>
> media: IEEE 802.11
> Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
>
> status: no carrier
>
> and everything doesn't work again.
>
> I think this as all info I can get, huh.
> I've got only two questions:
> 1)Is there a way to determine what exactly microcode uses Windows Driver
> (There's no info in devmgmgt.msc or I just don't get that it's info I'm
> looking for)
> 2)Have u got any advices to me how to get it all working?
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