Re: Is the Wii wifi usable?

Jason Thorpe <[email protected]> Sat, 23 Aug 2025 07:26:04 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.powerpc
Message-ID <[email protected]>

> On Aug 23, 2025, at 5:29=E2=80=AFAM, Martin Husemann =
<[email protected]> wrote:
>=20
> On Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 11:20:51AM +0200, [email protected] =
wrote:
>> Hello! I've compiled latest NetBSD master to get the wii image that =
can
>> detect the wifi module on the wii. Running ifconfig -a shows the wifi
>> interface bwi0 but when I run 'ifocnfig bwi0 up' I get a "bwi0:
>> firmware_open failed on v3/ucode5.fw". Am I missing some step for =
using the
>> wifi or is it not actually working yet?
>=20
> See:
>=20
> https://man.netbsd.org/bwi.4#FILES
>=20
> You need to copy the files manually.

The man page needs to be updated, FWIW.  The =E2=80=9Chttp=E2=80=9D URL =
no longer works.  It needs to be =E2=80=9Chttps=E2=80=9D.

-- thorpej