bfe (broadcom bcm44x) driver

[andybe]

this is a ported driver, for bcm44x. - it compiles, but not works for my laptop. it could be that it works for normal networkcards. looks for an better developer as me. I only compare.... This driver doesn't not lock up my machine as the linux ported driver in the sourcetree..

Open to everyone can tested, by every one.

Thanks at all..

[euan]

What hardware spec is your laptop?

I can test this driver on my laptop also, after it's AHCI issues are resolved.

[andybe]

I got a mobility version here on my laptop.

I got changed here. still working on it, because of problems with the hardware.

[paulogeyer]

Hi, i've installed haiku on my disk today, and i couldn't use the BCM44xx driver.

I seems to be loaded, but i can't get dhcp information from my network, i've tried to set up manually, but it didn't work too.

paulo@samsa:~$ lspci |grep Eth 06:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)

[umccullough]

Did you use the ported bfe driver attached to this ticket? or the GPL bcm44xx driver that is already in the Haiku repo?

They are different drivers, I don't think the one attached to this ticket is in the repo yet (although, perhaps it should be?).

Also, when running lspci, it's always a good idea to throw -nn parameter on there to also pull the vendor/deviceid in the text.

[paulogeyer]

paulo@samsa:~$ lspci |grep Eth 06:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02) paulo@samsa:~$ lspci -nm|grep 06:01.0 06:01.0 "0200" "14e4" "170c" -r02 "1025" "0090"

i've tried the broadcom driver from the haiku repo, i'll try this bfe now

Replying to umccullough:

Did you use the ported bfe driver attached to this ticket? or the GPL bcm44xx driver that is already in the Haiku repo? They are different drivers, I don't think the one attached to this ticket is in the repo yet (although, perhaps it should be?). Also, when running lspci, it's always a good idea to throw -nn parameter on there to also pull the vendor/deviceid in the text.

[andybe]

Replying to umccullough:

Did you use the ported bfe driver attached to this ticket? or the GPL bcm44xx driver that is already in the Haiku repo? They are different drivers, I don't think the one attached to this ticket is in the repo yet (although, perhaps it should be?). Also, when running lspci, it's always a good idea to throw -nn parameter on there to also pull the vendor/deviceid in the text.

This is a skeleton of bcm440 driver port from freebsd, it is not finished yet. I tested some source on my laptop, but fail on transfer. I got no time yet to look at it. This driver doesn't stop (hang up on irq) like the gpl one here in the source tree.

AndyBe

[paulogeyer]

also, how do i use this? i've found there's a jamfile, but i don't know how to compile

Replying to andybe:

Replying to umccullough:

Did you use the ported bfe driver attached to this ticket? or the GPL bcm44xx driver that is already in the Haiku repo? They are different drivers, I don't think the one attached to this ticket is in the repo yet (although, perhaps it should be?). Also, when running lspci, it's always a good idea to throw -nn parameter on there to also pull the vendor/deviceid in the text.

This is a skeleton of bcm440 driver port from freebsd, it is not finished yet. I tested some source on my laptop, but fail on transfer. I got no time yet to look at it. This driver doesn't stop (hang up on irq) like the gpl one here in the source tree. AndyBe

[umccullough]

Replying to paulogeyer:

i've tried the broadcom driver from the haiku repo

If you're having problems with the one in the Haiku repo, you should probably open a separate bug for that since this ticket doesn't really appear to be a bug so much as a submission of a partially ported driver :)

[umccullough]

Hopefully enhancement is the right type... but forgot to update the others