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devnp-bcm43xx.so

Driver for the Broadcom-based 43xx 802.11b/g wireless Ethernet controller

Syntax:

io-pkt-variant -d bcm43xx [option[,option ...]] ... &

where variant is one of v4, v4-hc, or v6-hc.

Runs on:

Neutrino

Options:

Note: Use commas (,), not spaces, to separate the options.
irq=num
The IRQ of the interface. It's automatically detected by default.
mac=XXXXXXXXXXXX
The MAC address of controller. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware.
pio
Run the driver in PIO mode; the default is bus master.
verbose
verbose=num
Be verbose. Specify num for more verbosity (num can be 1-4, the higher the number, the more detailed the output). The output goes to slogger; invoke sloginfo to view it.

Description:

The devnp-bcm43xx.so driver controls the Broadcom-based 802.11b/g wireless Ethernet controller. This is a native io-pkt driver; its interface names are in the form bcmX, where X is an integer.

The devnp-bcm43xx.so driver is fully integrated with the 802.11 layer in the stack. It supports both infrastructure client and access point modes of operation. For further information, see ifconfig, wpa_supplicant, and hostapd.

Some devices support hardware checksums, although some might do so in only one direction; to determine if your device does, type:

ifconfig bcmX

and look for the following in the list of supported options:

You can then use ifconfig to enable or disable whichever of these options your device supports.

Note: Native io-pkt and ported NetBSD drivers don't put entries into the /dev/io-net namespace, so a waitfor command for such an entry won't work properly in buildfiles or scripts. Use if_up -p instead; for example, instead of waitfor /dev/io-net/bcm0, use if_up -p bcm0.

Examples:

Start the v6 variant of io-pkt using the Broadcom 43xx driver: 

io-pkt-v6-hc -d bcm43xx

See also:

devn-*, devnp-*, hostapd, ifconfig, io-pkt, nicinfo, wpa_supplicant

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