nestlake Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 wingrunr21 is already working on this driver for a month, Maybe it will be out recently! Let's thank wingrunr21 for his hard work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slashack Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Is there any source from any other broadcom (like the one that detects de card, but doesn't work)? If someone can find this, and if there are linux drivers, maybe we can modify the driver to match 5906 chipset. I'll volunteer to do it. Just post the source from 57xx and i'll give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternalEmpty Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Is there any source from any other broadcom (like the one that detects de card, but doesn't work)? If someone can find this, and if there are linux drivers, maybe we can modify the driver to match 5906 chipset. I'll volunteer to do it. Just post the source from 57xx and i'll give it a try. you can use the kext in my post to do that, actually, there just little thing need to be done, and I never have a chance to have all model of BCM cards , so I only can test what I had, but BCM5906 is not included. to modify my kext, you need to modify 1, included info.plist , 2, and the DEVICE ID string , and if you have the address of your card, (offset addresses). then you can make the modification much easier... have fun ... HERE ----> http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=114605 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slashack Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 you can use the kext in my post to do that, actually, there just little thing need to be done, and I never have a chance to have all model of BCM cards , so I only can test what I had, but BCM5906 is not included. to modify my kext, you need to modify 1, included info.plist , 2, and the DEVICE ID string , and if you have the address of your card, (offset addresses). then you can make the modification much easier... have fun ... HERE ----> http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=114605 Yes, that's the kext, but i need source code (normally a bunch of .cpp and .h files, and a XCode project). Some had tried doing that, but it seems that the 5906 doesn't work in the same way as 57XX (different hw, different IO). Do you have your kext source code? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nestlake Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 EVEN THe source code of kmbge is guessed bit by bit form FreeBSD , So Don't expect any source code like that! BUT you can Email Apple Company for help, maybe they can give you the source code by Xcode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00diabolic Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Glad to see this is still alive. Maybe will get there soon. Ill keep watching this continuing saga of the 5906 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
222222 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 but ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawncobra Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 any news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raul Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 None, so many person stand by, but it is difficult for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue-K Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Little Bump... It's funny that my Wi-Fi makes progress (AR5007EG), but not the Ethernet...I always thought that Ethernet will be first...so, any progress? Maybe a little gift for Christmas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnnn Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 5906... 真窝火！ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylu Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Hi, guys, I have the same card BCM5906, and fortunately, my wireless works. Is there any news? Waitting for the driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Bump (HPNY) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoisivan Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 i got this card in my lenovo 3000 v200 too. wait for solution~ thanks for all working on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaigeliu Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 i found someone doing work for bcm5906 ,but don't know when will be finished. you can see here http://code.google.com/p/osxbge/ anyone can help he make it faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 yes, wingrunr21 is doing it, you can see whre it says: Project owners: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leveliv Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I have my Dell M1330 that I actually followed ur guide MacGirl which kicked butt by the way. (Thanks) Unfortunately I have been plagued with both a 5906m and the 4956AGN (wifi) I am going to pick up either a USB to Wifi or another wifi card later on today which is sad cause I already paid..1000+ for the computer haha. Oh well I'll keep my eye on this page to see what's goin on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loloo Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 ahh, we're all waiting for tha solution! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingrunr21 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I am working on it as I can. My free time is limited and I am attempting to support the 57xx series cards at the same time. I am certainly making progress. This project is not abandoned. Edit: As a small treat here is the current latest SVN revision kext. Please note it DOES NOT WORK. What it should do is correctly get your MAC address from the network card and create a new networking interface in OS X. I have not yet gotten the physical hardware working properly and reliably (kernel panics...) so that code is disabled. This means you will NOT get an IP. You can use Console.app to see the card's information. http://www.northpolesoftware.com/files/OSXBGE.kext.zip You can see in Console.app that the phyID is returning 0x00000000. This value needs to be 0xdc00ac40. Somewhere I have not mapped the memory correctly on the card's register mapping. I am trying to chase that issue down now. When I can get the phyID I can attach the physical interface to the software. Trust me I want this working just as much as many of you do so work continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrek Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Keep on doing great work, wingrunr21 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nestlake Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Let's give our great thanks to wingrunr21 ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xchao Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Thank you for your hardwork on BCM5906 driver. Still waiting for the driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingrunr21 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Ok, I have been working all week on the driver. I have got it talking to the the PHY. It will auto-negotiate a connection and correctly report that to the system. I am finishing up work on the the driver and am really pushing for an alpha release within the next week or two. I will keep you guys posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nestlake Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Oh....Thank you! Really thank you for your hard work! I will try it ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loloo Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 HELL YEAH!! we love you) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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