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Re: "Finally the new Broadcom WiFi card arrived for my old..."
I can’t believe it. I ordered the wrong WiFi card AGAIN 😭😭😭
This is the third card I bought!
Jun 08 · 6 months ago
💀 requiem [OP] · 2024-06-08 at 12:30:
So I ordered a BCM94360CS2 first… then I ordered a BCM94360CS… But what I need is a BCM943602CS. Dangit!
🐐 drh3xx [mod] · 2024-06-08 at 13:51:
Sorry to hear things didn't go to plan for you again. Hope you can replace the card and give it another crack soon.
💀 requiem [OP] · 2024-06-08 at 15:17:
Thanks! I ordered another one again... At least I'll have a lot of spare parts to sell on via eBay... Excited that there is now full OpenBSD support for Wayland too.
🐐 drh3xx [mod] · 2024-06-08 at 15:37:
I thought wayland was still a work in progress. Have I missed some news?
💀 requiem [OP] · 2024-06-08 at 16:03:
See here:
— "Wayland 1.23 Released With OpenBSD Support"
🍀 meidam · 2024-06-08 at 20:09:
@requiem those names sure are confusing 😅 I guess it's not so weird that you got it wrong so often. A real bummer though, especially when you got all excited!
😈 dimkr · 2024-06-09 at 09:44:
@requiem The package called "wayland" is just an IPC library with tools, to make Wayland work the compositors need OpenBSD-compatible alternatives to libinput, udev, etc'
💀 requiem [OP] · 2024-06-09 at 11:16:
Ah. That clarifies it. Thank you!
🐙 norayr · 2024-06-10 at 11:33:
when you say 'wifi card' and you intent to use it with notebook, what is that? usb dongle? or something you should disassemble the laptop and connect somewhere? oh you mentioned that's a macbook, i think you won't be able to do something by disassembling.
so you connect something via usb?
i remember that atheros had some chipsets that were working without requiring firmware, and even made by request of openbsd people, and openbsd has open drivers for it.
i have no idea which chipsets work with openbsd, and i know that broadcom devices are usually (at least when i dealt with them) were problematic even under linux.
wish you good luck anyway.
💀 requiem [OP] · 2024-06-11 at 06:55:
I did disassemble the laptop; with older models you can go far with some specialised screwdrivers. All it needed fortunately was taking off the bottom cover. Then you can unplug the wifi card. My choices are limited because Apple used a proprietary connector, but there are some chipsets which are OK from certain models, it’s just a question of not misreading the exact model…
💀 requiem [OP] · 2024-06-15 at 19:49:
Correct WiFi card arrived, chipset recognised properly, fw_update from USB successful, now sending on my dmesg to OpenBSD, God willing! 🥳
🐐 drh3xx [mod] · 2024-06-16 at 18:16:
great news @requiem :)
🐙 norayr · 2024-06-16 at 22:52:
yaaaay, so glad for you.
Finally the new Broadcom WiFi card arrived for my old Macbook Air, so I can give OpenBSD a proper go! I am so excited about it. Installed the new card, flashed install75.img, off I go, wish me luck!