BCM5754/M,BCM5755/M,BCM5787/M,BCM5906/M NIC driver for 10.6 (32/64) [update 22/5]

[fiatitude]

Dear Adlan,

Thanks for your driver. Able to install and detect BCM5787 but DHCP wasn't able to grab a valid IP keep geting 169.x.x.x. Even static IP i was not able to connect to Internet.

Any idea what went wrong?

[abiogenesis]

Hi, it's me again
Thanks to your code I've fixed a couple of my bugs and I think I've found one in your setMulticastList function.

for (i = 0; i < count; i++) { crc = computeCRC32((const UInt8 *) addrs, 6); ... }

Here, according to 5722-PG101-R.pdf, crc should be calculated for every address in the array, so it would be "addrs + i" or "&addrs[i]".

[adlan]

Originally Posted by abiogenesis Hi, it's me again Thanks to your code I've fixed a couple of my bugs and I think I've found one in your setMulticastList function. Here, according to 5722-PG101-R.pdf, crc should be calculated for every address in the array, so it would be "addrs + i" or "&addrs[i]".

my bad, how could I missed that
thanks for pointing that out

[Medienmensch]

I have a Lenovo G560 with this Wlan Card.

That would be so great!

And if not, what Wlan Card would you recomend me to buy for use in osx?

Thanks!

[volgin7]

Excellent! Works for (LAN) BCM 5906M on the Lenovo S12
Thank's!

[adlan]

Originally Posted by volgin7 Excellent! Works for (LAN) BCM 5906M on the Lenovo S12 Thank's!

glad to hear that, thanks!

[adlan]

Originally Posted by Medienmensch is it possible to make a Driver for BCM4357 rev1 ? I have a Lenovo G560 with this Wlan Card. That would be so great! And if not, what Wlan Card would you recomend me to buy for use in osx? Thanks!

right now, all i can say as is it's not possible. no public api documentation is available and also i don't know if any datasheet/programmer manual/open source driver is available for that model.

I recommend buying external wireless usb adapter and I personally use dlink dwa-110. you can find more supported models in the Hardware Compatibility List at OSx86 project wiki

[tmacyunn]

Hi adlan, I have a problem in the 10.6.7, when I put the laptop to sleep for a hour or a little longer the driver can't work, network disconnect. After using Kextload command to unload and reload it work come back.
Is it a problem of system ? maybe we should compile it in the 10.6.7, I have try repair permissions and rebuild kernel caches

Thanks.

Edit:
I try to compile the sources code under 32bit 10.6.7 with xcode 3.2.5 and get some warnings like :

BCM5722D-18e3e93/BCM5722D.cpp:536: warning: implicit conversion shortens 64-bit value into a 32-bit value

[adlan]

Originally Posted by tmacyunn Hi adlan, I have a problem in the 10.6.7, when I put the laptop to sleep for a hour or a little longer the driver can't work, network disconnect. After using Kextload command to unload and reload it work come back. Is it a problem of system ? maybe we should compile it in the 10.6.7, I have try repair permissions and rebuild kernel caches Thanks. Edit: I try to compile the sources code under 32bit 10.6.7 with xcode 3.2.5 and get some warnings like : BCM5722D-18e3e93/BCM5722D.cpp:536: warning: implicit conversion shortens 64-bit value into a 32-bit value

I'll investigate this further. Can you provide the log message after waking up from sleep?

For the warning message, you can just ignore it as there are some conversion which requires a 64bit value to be broken into 2 32bit value to fit it into the hardware registers.

[tmacyunn]

Here is:

 Friday, March 25, 2011 4:49:52 PM Asia/Shanghai 
Mar 25 16:49:57 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: System Sleep
Mar 25 16:50:17 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: Wake reason = 
Mar 25 16:50:17 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: System Wake
Mar 25 16:50:17 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: ApplePS2ALPSGlidePoint: ABMod Waking up Touchpad setting setTapEnable to 1
Mar 25 16:50:17 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: USB (EHCI):Port 3 on bus 0xfa connected or disTconnectedhe USB d:ev porticSC(e 0x301US8B Op03ti)
Mar 25 16:50:17 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: cal Mouse (Port 1 of Hub at 0x5d000000) may have caused a wake by issuing a remote wakeup (2)
Mar 25 16:50:18 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 20060413092100000 0xbda 0x158 0x5195

And i notice when wakeup from sleep, the system preference shows network is connected, but actually it doesn't.

This is the kext logs you release before:

Mar 19 22:51:18 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: System Sleep
Mar 19 22:51:27 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: Wake reason = 
Mar 19 22:51:27 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: System Wake
Mar 19 22:51:27 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: ApplePS2ALPSGlidePoint: ABMod Waking up Touchpad setting setTapEnable to 1
Mar 19 22:51:28 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: USB (EHCI):Port 3 on bus 0xfa connected or disconnected: portSC(0x301803)
Mar 19 22:51:28 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: The USB device USB Optical Mouse (Port 1 of Hub at 0x5d000000) may have caused a wake by issuing a remote wakeup (2)
Mar 19 22:51:28 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: BCM5722D (setPowerState:84): Changing power state from 0 to 1
Mar 19 22:51:28 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: BCM5722D (resetAdapter:144): 4B657654 to B49A89AB in 0 iterations
Mar 19 22:51:28 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: BCM5722D (setMedium:471): Change medium: kIOMediumEthernetAuto
Mar 19 22:51:28 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: BCM5722D (setMedium:496): Change medium: kLinkDuplexNegotiate
Mar 19 22:51:28 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: BCM5722D (configureLinkAdvertisement:364): advertiseFe: 1E1
Mar 19 22:51:28 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: BCM5722D (configureLinkAdvertisement:365): advertiseGe: 0
Mar 19 22:51:28 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: BCM5722D (startAutoNegotiation:522): Adv reg: 1E1
Mar 19 22:51:28 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 20060413092100000 0xbda 0x158 0x5195
Mar 19 22:51:29 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: BCM5722D (setupPHY:100): Auxillary status: F53F
Mar 19 22:51:29 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: BCM5722D (setupFlowControl:621): flowControl: 0
Mar 19 22:51:29 yuns-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: my_name_adlan_BCM5722D: Link up: 100 MBps, full duplex. Flow control: disabled