Re: Wii: bwi driver fails to attach for device id 0x044b on NetBSD 11.0-BETA

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Actually, don't waste your time with that patch, on second thought it 
won't work. I'll do some more digging.


On Fri, 10 Oct 2025, Jared McNeill wrote:

> Hi!
>
> That's interesting, I haven't been able to reproduce this myself with any of 
> the NA units that I have, but after seeing your message I went back and 
> looked at Jun Ebihara's dmesg from 
> https://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-powerpc/2025/06/16/msg003701.html and the 
> same error is there.
>
> Maybe a different wifi chip in some revisions of the device?
>
> For a quick test, can you build a kernel with the following hack to see if it 
> helps?
>
> --- sys/dev/sdmmc/if_bwi_sdio.c 19 Jan 2025 00:29:29 -0000      1.1
> +++ sys/dev/sdmmc/if_bwi_sdio.c 10 Oct 2025 16:19:01 -0000
> @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ bwi_sdio_attach(device_t parent, device_
>        sc->sc_reg_write_4 = bwi_sdio_reg_write_4;
>        sc->sc_reg_read_4 = bwi_sdio_reg_read_4;
>        sc->sc_pci_revid = 0;   /* XXX can this come from CIS? */
> -       sc->sc_pci_did = cis->product;
> +       sc->sc_pci_did = 0x4318;
>        sc->sc_pci_subvid = cis->manufacturer;
>        sc->sc_pci_subdid = cis->product;
>
>
> On Sun, 5 Oct 2025, deltaresero wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I'm running NetBSD 11.0-BETA (WII) on a Nintendo Wii (build from Oct 5, 
>> 2025).
>> 
>> uname -a:
>> NetBSD wii 11.0_BETA NetBSD 11.0_BETA (WII) #0 Fri Oct 3 16:09:55 UTC 2025 
>> mk [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/evbppc/compile/WII evbppc
>> 
>> dmesg | grep -i bwi -n
>> 74:[     1.209984] bwi0 at sdmmc1 function 1: broadcom Wireless
>> 75:[     1.209984] bwi0: autoconfiguration error: no BBP id for device id 
>> 0x044b
>> 
>> I followed Jared McNeill’s instructions for adding Wii WLAN support to 
>> -current (see: 
>> https://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-powerpc/2025/01/19/msg003669.html) and 
>> installed the v3 firmware per bwi(4). The driver detects the device but 
>> reports “no BBP id for device id 0x044b” and, as expected, I only see the 
>> loopback adapter lo0. I suspect this may be a hardware revision not present 
>> in the driver's table. If that’s the case, is it possible to add support 
>> for this device?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> DeltaResero
>> 
>
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