Re: Broadcom interface issues

[Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola%libero.it@localhost>]

Hi,


I reply myself... I solved the issue with clicking the "button" 
(software). The led remained lit but it worked.

Looks some kind of initialization issue.


I retried and usually, the button makes the WiFi LED light on and off, 
and on the console I see the device attached/detached.

Looked like the device was somehow in an intermediate state! very strange.


Riccardo


On 5/28/20 2:24 PM, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a laptop which has the bwi0 card (internal)
>
> [     1.044827] bwi0 at pci4 dev 2 function 0: Broadcom Wireless
> [     1.044827] bwi0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 22
> [     1.044827] bwi0: BBP id 0x4318, BBP rev 0x2, BBP pkg 2
> [     1.044827] bwi0: MAC: rev 9
> [     1.044827] bwi0: PHY type 2, rev 7, ver 3
> [     1.044827] bwi0: RF manu 0x17f, type 0x2050, rev 8
> [     1.044827] bwi0: autoconfiguration error: invalid antenna gain in sprom
> [     1.044827] bwi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> [     1.044827] bwi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps
> 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
>
> I installed the firmware... and I can "swear" that the first time I
> tried it did work. Or it did work by trying to bring it down and up and
> at the second attempt it worked (typical! have this issue with many
> cards also on linux....)
>
> I used the firmware cited in the man page:
>             http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/~sephe/bwi/v3.tbz
>
> and it is still there:
> ls  /libdata/firmware/bwi/v3/
> a0g0bsinitvals2.fw  a0g0initvals2.fw    a0g1bsinitvals5.fw
> b0g0bsinitvals2.fw  b0g0initvals2.fw    pcm4.fw
> ucode11.fw          ucode4.fw
> a0g0bsinitvals5.fw  a0g0initvals5.fw    a0g1initvals5.fw
> b0g0bsinitvals5.fw  b0g0initvals5.fw    pcm5.fw
> ucode2.fw           ucode5.fw
>
>
> Now, everytime I use it, it doesn't...
> When I bring it up (ifconfig bwi0 up) I get the familiar message:
> [   138.358643] bwi0: firmware rev 0x0127, patch level 0x000e
>
> And the led brightens up.
> Now I can configure the ssid, for example, set nwid, set nwkey.
>
> First, at every command I sent, I get again the firmware message (is it
> normal? or does it try to load and reload??)
>
> It appears to get the parameters, but... never connects. All tricks I
> know.. like configuring, waiting... setting first nwid, then key... or
> trying up/down a couple of times, nothing)
> The interface stubbornly reports:
>
>          status: no network
>
> The interface is enabled in the BIOS and there is no hardware switch.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Riccardo