WIFI pcmcia card not working - PC-BSD Forums

rmvg · #1 10-22-2008, 07:24 PM

Hello i have tried 2 different wifi cards on my pc-bsd 7.0.1 laptop and niether are detected by the system. Actually they are detected but BSD does not seem to have drivers for them.

here are the model numbers of the cards are there kernel modules i need to load or something like that??

LINKSYS WPC54G ver.3
3COM OFFICE CONNECT 3CRGPC10075 ver 1

here are the errors

Oct 22 13:15:36 pcbsd kernel: interrupt storm detected on "irq10:"; throttling interrupt source
Oct 22 13:15:36 pcbsd kernel: cardbus0: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
Oct 22 13:15:37 pcbsd root: Unknown Cardbus device: device 0x1faa class 0x020000 vendor 0x11ab bus cardbus0

TerryP · #2 10-22-2008, 08:27 PM

I'd reckon your right.

When the linksys card is plugged in, what is the output of 'pciconf -lv' when run from a root shell session in konsole?

richardpl · #3 10-22-2008, 08:43 PM

That is broadcom chip, supported via BSD bwi(4) driver:
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi? ... &sektion=4

But maybe you can try NDIS with that card, until bwi appears on FreeBSD.

rmvg · #4 10-22-2008, 11:43 PM

Not sure how to load the nidis wrapper stuff i was hoping to modprobe mycard and have things working

hmmm here is the output for the linksys card does not seem to have the linksys listed SEE BELOW for the 3com card it is showing up as Marvell

Code:

/usr/home/c0mputerking]$ pciconf -lv                        
hostb0@pci0:0:0:0:      class=0x060000 card=0x10241025 chip=0x35758086 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00                                                                        
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'                                            
    device     = '82830[MP] Host-Hub I/F Bridge / SDRAM Controller'             
    class      = bridge                                                         
    subclass   = HOST-PCI                                                       
vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0:     class=0x030000 card=0x10241025 chip=0x35778086 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00                                                                        
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'                                            
    device     = '82830M/MG Integrated Graphics Device'                         
    class      = display                                                        
    subclass   = VGA                                                            
vgapci1@pci0:0:2:1:     class=0x038000 card=0x10241025 chip=0x35778086 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00                                                                        
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'                                            
    device     = '82830M/MG Integrated Graphics Device'                         
    class      = display                                                        
uhci0@pci0:0:29:0:      class=0x0c0300 card=0x10241025 chip=0x24828086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00                                                                        
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'                                            
    device     = '82801CA/CAM (ICH3-S/ICH3-M) USB Controller'                   
    class      = serial bus                                                     
    subclass   = USB                                                            
uhci1@pci0:0:29:1:      class=0x0c0300 card=0x10241025 chip=0x24848086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00                                                                        
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'                                            
    device     = '82801CA/CAM (ICH3-S/ICH3-M) USB Controller'                   
    class      = serial bus                                                     
    subclass   = USB                                                            
pcib1@pci0:0:30:0:      class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x24488086 rev=0x42 hdr=0x01                                                                        
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'                                            
    device     = '82801BAM/CAM/DBM (ICH2-M/3-M/4-M) Hub Interface to PCI Bridge'
    class      = bridge                                                         
    subclass   = PCI-PCI                                                        
isab0@pci0:0:31:0:      class=0x060100 card=0x00000000 chip=0x248c8086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00                                                                        
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'                                            
    device     = '82801CAM LPC Interface or ISA bridge: see Notes'              
    class      = bridge                                                         
    subclass   = PCI-ISA                                                        
atapci0@pci0:0:31:1:    class=0x01018a card=0x10241025 chip=0x248a8086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00                                                                        
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'                                            
    device     = '82801CAM (ICH3-M) UltraATA/100 EIDE Controller'               
    class      = mass storage                                                   
    subclass   = ATA                                                            
none0@pci0:0:31:3:      class=0x0c0500 card=0x10241025 chip=0x24838086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '82801CA/CAM (ICH3-S/ICH3-M) SMBus Controller'
    class      = serial bus
    subclass   = SMBus
pcm0@pci0:0:31:5:       class=0x040100 card=0x10241025 chip=0x24858086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '82801CA/CAM (ICH3-S/ICH3-M) AC'97 Audio Controller'
    class      = multimedia
    subclass   = audio
none1@pci0:0:31:6:      class=0x070300 card=0x10241025 chip=0x24868086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '82801CA/CAM (ICH3-S/ICH3-M) AC'97 Modem Controller'
    class      = simple comms
    subclass   = generic modem
rl0@pci0:1:5:0: class=0x020000 card=0x813910ec chip=0x813910ec rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Realtek Semiconductor'
    device     = 'RT8139 (A/B/C/810x/813x/C+) Fast Ethernet Adapter'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet
cbb0@pci0:1:9:0:        class=0x060700 card=0x10241025 chip=0x69721217 rev=0x00hdr=0x02
    vendor     = 'O2 Micro Inc'
    device     = 'OZ6912/711E0 SmartCardBus Controller'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-CardBus

This looks more promising does it not??

Code:

rl0@pci0:1:5:0: class=0x020000 card=0x813910ec chip=0x813910ec rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Realtek Semiconductor'
    device     = 'RT8139 (A/B/C/810x/813x/C+) Fast Ethernet Adapter'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet
cbb0@pci0:1:9:0:        class=0x060700 card=0x10241025 chip=0x69721217 rev=0x00hdr=0x02
    vendor     = 'O2 Micro Inc'
    device     = 'OZ6912/711E0 SmartCardBus Controller'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-CardBus
none2@pci0:2:0:0:       class=0x020000 card=0x6802a727 chip=0x1faa11ab rev=0x03hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Marvell Semiconductor (Was: Galileo Technology Ltd)'
    device     = '8335 Marvell Libertas 802.11b/g Wireless (8335)'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet

TerryP · #5 10-23-2008, 12:40 AM

Don't reckonize it; as far as ndis goes, you should check here, it's basically like ndiswrapper but works on bsd.

Oko · #6 10-23-2008, 04:52 AM

I think your best bet is switching to OpenBSD if you want to use that particular type of WiFi card. Broadcom have explicitly expressed strong dissatisfaction with the fact that OpenBSD people have written the driver
for that hardware. Broadcom have on many occasions explicitly stated that expect people who want to use their hardware to run Windows.
I think that FreeBSD developers have taken the clue and that FreeBSD will probably never support it.

I happen to be OpenBSD user and I happen to have that particular PCCard. It works like a charm on OpenBSD but is the last peace of hardware I have
that will have broadcom chip-set :wink:

richardpl · #7 10-23-2008, 12:08 PM

From pciconf output it is actually marvell card, supported by malo(4) on FreeBSD 8.0, and 7 STABLE.

So, from where you get that it's name is LINKSYS WPC54G ver.3?

Something is seriously wrong.

bwi driver works on FreeBSD (in same way as on OpenBSD and DragonFlyBSD), but nobody of developers care to comitt it.

[EDIT]

Ah, I see, because you send pciconf output of marvell card, but not from broadcom one.
You can wait for PCBSD 7.1, which will work with marvell card.
But you can try NDIS with both: marvell and broadcom one.

rmvg · #8 10-24-2008, 05:35 AM

First of all i stated in my first post that i had tried two cards also i have stated that i am using freebsd 7.1 prerelease. How do i make the marvell card work in freebsd 7.1?

richardpl · #9 10-24-2008, 09:39 AM

Read malo man page:

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?quer ... ormat=html

put following lines in /boot/loader.conf :

Code:

if_malo_load="YES"
wlan_load="YES"
firmware_load="YES"
malofw_load="YES"

and fetch http://weongyo.org/project/malo/malo-fi ... 1.4.tar.gz
after that, as root type:

Code:

# pkg_add malo-firmware-1.4.tar.gz

and reboot.

ozuser · #10 06-15-2011, 05:44 AM

richardpl,

I am new to pc-bsd and trying to get my laptop wifi going.

Did what you said above

Code:

if_malo_load="YES"
wlan_load="YES"
firmware_load="YES"
malofw_load="YES"

then downloaded the file http://weongyo.org/project/malo/malo-fi ... 1.4.tar.gz to my home folder.

But when i type in pkg_add malo-firmware-1.4.tar.gz i get an error saying:

tar: +CONTENTS: Not found in archive
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
pkg_add: tar extract of /usr/home/derek/malo-firmware-1.4.tar.gz failed
pkg_add: unable to extract table of contents file from `/usr/home/derek/malo-firmware-1.4.tar.gz` - not a package?

Can you help me out please ?

Derek.