Bug #1105: WLAN Broadcom BCM 4306 problems -the fw file(bwn_v4_ucode5) not found - pfSense - pfSense bugtracker

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WLAN Broadcom BCM 4306 problems -the fw file(bwn_v4_ucode5) not found

Added by Luka Birsa over 14 years ago. Updated almost 12 years ago.

Status:

Closed

Priority:

Normal

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Category:

Wireless

Target version:

Start date:

12/15/2010

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Release Notes:

Affected Version:

2.0

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Description

I'm using Broadcom BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless in my pfSense 2.0 BETA 4 full.
(kernel: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p2 #1: Tue Dec 14 21:35:14 EST 2010)

I would like to use the card as a WAN client, but the interface fails to connect. The card is successfully detected as a bwn0 interface.

I've checked the logs which show:
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: siba_bwn0: <Broadcom BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless> mem 0xdb100000-0xdb101fff irq 5 at device 13.0 on pci2
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0 on siba_bwn0
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0: WLAN (chipid 0x4306 rev 5) PHY (analog 2 type 2 rev 2) RADIO (manuf 0x17f ver 0x2050 rev 2)
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0: DMA (30 bits)
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0: [FILTER]
.....
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0: need multicast update callback
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0: need multicast update callback
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0: need multicast update callback
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0: need multicast update callback
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn_v4_ucode5: could not load firmware image, error 2
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0: the fw file(bwn_v4_ucode5) not found
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn-open_v4_ucode5: could not load firmware image, error 2
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0: the fw file(bwn-open_v4_ucode5) not found
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0: warn: firmware state (65021)
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0: warn: firmware state (65021)
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0: warn: firmware state (65021)
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0: warn: firmware state (65021)
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0: warn: firmware state (65021)
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0: warn: firmware state (65021)
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn_v4_ucode5: could not load firmware image, error 2
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0: the fw file(bwn_v4_ucode5) not found
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn-open_v4_ucode5: could not load firmware image, error 2
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0: the fw file(bwn-open_v4_ucode5) not found
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn_v4_ucode5: could not load firmware image, error 2
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0: the fw file(bwn_v4_ucode5) not found
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn-open_v4_ucode5: could not load firmware image, error 2
Dec 15 14:16:31 kernel: bwn0: the fw file(bwn-open_v4_ucode5) not found

I think there is a missing module, which needs to be compiled as search for the "ucode" showed that only "/boot/modules/bwi_v3_ucode.ko" exists. Tutorial on how to build the module can be found at http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/freebsd-current/2010/4/14/6257467/thread - I'm lacking the tools to build and test the solution.

I can provide additional log files and test any solutions if they are provided.