Re: Wii SSH isn't working

[Anne DeCusatis <anne.decusatis%gmail.com@localhost>]

SSH both in and out is working on the latest nightly for me!

I did notice an "autoconfiguration error" line that I think might be
new, which doesn't seem to prevent me from doing anything but which I
will include below since it might be useful in later debugging?:

# cat /var/log/messages | grep bwi0
Oct 28 00:22:04 wii /netbsd: [   1.2099865] bwi0 at sdmmc1 function 1:
Broadcom Wireless
Oct 28 00:22:04 wii /netbsd: [   1.2099865] bwi0: BBP id 0x4318, BBP
rev 0x2, BBP pkg 2
Oct 28 00:22:04 wii /netbsd: [   1.2099865] bwi0: MAC: rev 9
Oct 28 00:22:04 wii /netbsd: [   1.2099865] bwi0: PHY type 2, rev 7, ver 3
Oct 28 00:22:04 wii /netbsd: [   1.2099865] bwi0: RF manu 0x17f, type
0x2050, rev 8
Oct 28 00:22:04 wii /netbsd: [   1.2099866] bwi0 at sdmmc1 function 1:
Broadcom Wireless
Oct 28 00:22:04 wii /netbsd: [   1.2099866] bwi0: BBP id 0x4318, BBP
rev 0x2, BBP pkg 2
Oct 28 00:22:04 wii /netbsd: [   1.2099866] bwi0: MAC: rev 9
Oct 28 00:22:04 wii /netbsd: [   1.2099866] bwi0: PHY type 2, rev 7, ver 3
Oct 28 00:22:04 wii /netbsd: [   1.2099866] bwi0: RF manu 0x17f, type
0x2050, rev 8
Oct 28 00:22:04 wii /netbsd: [   7.0700273] bwi0: autoconfiguration
error: firmware_open failed on v3/ucode5.fw

Thanks so much!
Anne


On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM Jared McNeill <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost> wrote:
>
> Hi Anne!
>
> I checked in another set of fixes yesterday that should help. Can you
> update your kernel (make sure it has the change from
> https://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2025/10/23/msg158695.html)
> and see if it fixes your issues?
>
> Thanks!
> Jared
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2025, Anne DeCusatis wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Apologies for resurrecting an old thread. I wanted to update that this
> > patch: https://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-powerpc/2025/10/19/msg003717.html
> > seems to have fixed my previous issue with "no BBP id for device ID"
> > when I use the latest nightly build (as of a couple days ago - Oct
> > 19?), but that unfortunately I am still seeing issues with SSH.
> >
> > Here is what I have tried to debug so far:
> > * I am able to ping both the wider internet and other devices on my
> > local network from the Wii
> > * I am able to SSH between two other devices on my local network, both
> > using OpenSSH 8.x
> > * I am able to SSH from my Wii to itself successfully (presumably this
> > doesn't touch the nonworking part of my networking stack?)
> > * I am not able to SSH from my Wii to other devices on my local network
> > * I am not able to SSH from other devices on my local network to my Wii
> > * I also tried installing OpenSSH 10.2 on an Arch Linux docker image
> > and using that to SSH, it also did not work which I think rules out
> > version issues. (I used Arch because it was quicker than finding a
> > NetBSD docker image that I could get working on my Apple Silicon mac,
> > and I haven't tried on my linux machine yet. For what it's worth I was
> > also unable to get NetBSD running on the Wii Dolphin Emulator. I have
> > not yet sourced a second Wii to test SSH between them, though I think
> > I will be able to borrow a friend's if it comes to that.)
> > * I installed Wireshark on my Mac and turned up the Wii-side sshd
> > logging to DEBUG1. I am not an expert with Wireshark but it appears to
> > me that the server side prints "expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_INIT
> > [preauth]" but the client side never receives the previous step and
> > therefore does not find out that it's time to send that part of the
> > negotiation (i.e. the last thing the client prints with -vvv is
> > "debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent" -- when I do a working SSH between two
> > other devices, it prints that it receives SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT and then
> > continues negotiation. Overall the Wireshark capture has a lot of
> > retransmissions, they seem to be at the same places every time when I
> > retry, which makes me wonder if it is not just that my Wii wifi is
> > flaky but that it is some other network issue.
> >
> > Let me know if there is more information I can provide (I saved the
> > Wireshark captures but I don't know if they contain information I
> > shouldn't attach here). And thank you for this port, it's fun!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Anne
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM Anne DeCusatis <anne.decusatis%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>> I found a workaround for the issue but neglected to mention it here;
> >>
> >> I have an update after trying this which I am even more confused by. I
> >> tried to remove all the wifi settings I'd configured in the Wii System
> >> Menu and reboot into NetBSD after reading the last email on this
> >> thread. I am now seeing that the wifi interface bwi0 is no longer
> >> listed in ifconfig (and of course, as a result there is no internet
> >> connectivity anymore). dmesg | grep bwi gives me the following:
> >> bwi0 at sdmmc1 function 1: Broadcom Wireless
> >> bwi0: autoconfiguration error: no BBP id for device id 0x044b
> >>
> >> This error is persistent across reboots, reimaging the SD card and
> >> re-setting-up the drivers and wpa_supplicant with the tar link, and
> >> even after re-adding my network configuration in the Wii system menu
> >> and getting a successful connection test there.
> >>
> >> I am worried about bricking my Wii if I do the wrong kind of system
> >> reset but presumably something needs to be reset that hasn't been,
> >> since it was working before. I am perplexed about how the Wii System
> >> Menu can interact with NetBSD in this way at all though. I also don't
> >> know what BBP is -- so I have a lot to learn.
> >> I have previously installed: IOS v50, Systemmenu v385, Priiloader
> >> v0.10.0 (r0x02b70b36). I believe that my Wii is on a pretty old
> >> version of system menu and of Priiloader but it seems like the setup I
> >> have is all versions which are comparably old to each other. I could
> >> upgrade it all if that would help but I'm not sure it would be worth
> >> the effort.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Anne
> >
> >