Broadcom BCM5787M/BCM5784M - A solution

[xcchia]

when i use kextload AppleBCMEthernet.kext

 

 

I get a error Message

 

 

kextload:loaded version 2.4 of moudle com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily differs from requested version 2.4.1

 

 

link/load failed for extension AppleBCMEthernet.kext

 

 

who can help me??

thanks

[fujjin]

Excellent work mate ! Works at my Acer Extenza 5620 with 1693 card.

[xiongguoy]

does this work with the 14E4 1713? could it be made to work with it?

[Ekimmu]

people, what i doing wrong? (acer 5920/ bcm5787 / 14e4 1693)

 

Broadcom5787M.zip (from first post)

0) ifconfig in terminal says that i don't have enX (0, 1.. i have no all)

 

1) install it from kexthelper

2) copy Start_Promisc in /Library/StartupItems/

3) in terminal:

sudo chmod -R 755 /Library/StartupItems/Start_Promisc

sudo chown -R root:wheel /Library/StartupItems/Start_Promisc

 

-) ifconfig on terminal says that i have 2 lan en0 & en1 0_o

 

4) in terminal:

sudo tcpdump -i en0

5) open Start_Promisc, execute. says, that done

 

write my mac, netmask & ip adress on network preferenses.

 

 

and.. ping says that host not found network is down.. =((((

 

sorry for my english

p.s. write it's on windows((( help please!(

[nobb1x]

people, what i doing wrong? (acer 5920/ bcm5787 / 14e4 1693)

 

Broadcom5787M.zip (from first post)

0) ifconfig in terminal says that i don't have enX (0, 1.. i have no all)

 

1) install it from kexthelper

2) copy Start_Promisc in /Library/StartupItems/

3) in terminal:

sudo chmod -R 755 /Library/StartupItems/Start_Promisc

sudo chown -R root:wheel /Library/StartupItems/Start_Promisc

 

-) ifconfig on terminal says that i have 2 lan en0 & en1 0_o

 

4) in terminal:

sudo tcpdump -i en0

5) open Start_Promisc, execute. says, that done

 

write my mac, netmask & ip adress on network preferenses.

 

 

and.. ping says that host not found network is down.. =((((

 

sorry for my english

p.s. write it's on windows((( help please!(

 

 

Hola, i've already replied to a similar issue, look the thread post here

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=906162

Remove the kext and the script before trying please.

[bastop]

I need a driver for the Broadcom Netlink BCM5784M !

 

I really need your help and I'm quite a newbie!!!

 

Thanks

[nobb1x]

I need a driver for the Broadcom Netlink BCM5784M !

 

I really need your help and I'm quite a newbie!!!

 

Thanks

 

Oh my God!! the driver is here, look the first post in this thread, basic skills are required to install, try to read the readme and/or ask the help of a friend. i can't try it because i don't have a 5784, but success are reported here.

[bastop]

it say device not configured when i do tcpdump using 1 for X

0 Works but i thinks thats Wifi, because it shows different network adresses, stopping doing that, as i turn of Wifi...

 

After doing everything as the Readme says using 0for X, there is no error, but also no working network device?

 

Where would it be shown? Pc Cards?

 

 

And I did this:

bash-3.2# cd Desktop/

bash-3.2# cd Broadcom5787M/

bash-3.2# chown -R root:wheel AppleBCM5787MEthernet.kext

bash-3.2# chmod -R 755 AppleBCM5787MEthernet.kext

bash-3.2# kextload AppleBCM5787MEthernet.kext

kextload: extension AppleBCM5787MEthernet.kext is already loaded

bash-3.2# ifconfig

lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384

inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1

inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000

inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128

gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280

stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280

fw0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 2030

lladdr 32:4f:c0:00:38:87:f8:70

media: autoselect <full-duplex> status: inactive

supported media: autoselect <full-duplex>

en0: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

inet6 fe80::222:69ff:feb1:8a17%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5

inet 192.168.2.6 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255

ether 00:22:69:b1:8a:17

media: autoselect status: active

supported media: autoselect

bash-3.2#

Any suggestions?

Thanks a lot!!!

 

Bastian

[nobb1x]

it say device not configured when i do tcpdump using 1 for X

0 Works but i thinks thats Wifi, because it shows different network adresses, stopping doing that, as i turn of Wifi...

 

After doing everything as the Readme says using 0for X, there is no error, but also no working network device?

 

Where would it be shown? Pc Cards?

 

 

And I did this:

bash-3.2# cd Desktop/

bash-3.2# cd Broadcom5787M/

bash-3.2# chown -R root:wheel AppleBCM5787MEthernet.kext

bash-3.2# chmod -R 755 AppleBCM5787MEthernet.kext

bash-3.2# kextload AppleBCM5787MEthernet.kext

kextload: extension AppleBCM5787MEthernet.kext is already loaded

bash-3.2# ifconfig

....

en0: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

inet6 fe80::222:69ff:feb1:8a17%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5

inet 192.168.2.6 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255

ether 00:22:69:b1:8a:17

media: autoselect status: active

supported media: autoselect

 

Any suggestions?

Thanks a lot!!!

 

Bastian

 

Please, you said in your first message you have a 5784M and in this message you are trying to load the 5787M kext, what card you have? Both kext are different and works only with the specific card.

be sure of that you have, if you have installed by mistake the 5787M kext, remove it and download the 5874M version, if this is your lan card. The 5784M driver is not mine but the one made by Boomberg.

 

As far i can see,your system recognize only one lan card, it may be the wifi, not the broadcom.

[Boombeng]

Hi Nobb1x,

 

The hexedited kext for the 5784M is still named 5787M, i didn't manage to change its name, it's only the zip file which is named 5784M, so nevermind, it works for the 5784M... if you tell me how to change the name i'll do it (i tried to simply rename the kext but it seemed it didn't work like that...)

But maybe Bastop used really the wrong one!

 

Thanks again for your work

 

 

 

@Bastop

 

the way you first asked for help IS NOT A GOOD WAY, what do you think ? Nothing obliges us to help you! And give us more details about your airport card and your hack!

If you folowed all the instructions it should work, as you prooved us you simply are not able to find the good post in a topic which contains only 5 pages, how do you want us to believe you took time to read the instructions and done all in the good way ?

So come on , clean your extension folder or use a back up, and try once again, take your time

[bastop]

Hi Nobb1x,

 

You were absolutely right. I have installed the wrong kext. File.

I will try again with the one from Boombeng for my 5784M

 

Trying to remove the old kext file, I'm hanging.

 

I restarted, pressed F8, then -s

The readme sais, I should manually mount the /Volume.

How do I do that?

 

Not doing that, the next step is: rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleBCM578..... .kext

 

The system sais I had a readonly file system!

 

 

Thanks for Help!

[nobb1x]

Hi Nobb1x,

 

You were absolutely right. I have installed the wrong kext. File.

I will try again with the one from Boombeng for my 5784M

 

Trying to remove the old kext file, I'm hanging.

 

I restarted, pressed F8, then -s

The readme sais, I should manually mount the /Volume.

How do I do that?

Not doing that, the next step is: rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleBCM578..... .kext

The system sais I had a readonly file system!

Thanks for Help!

 

Well, if your system start as usual you can remove the kext from the finder, anyway if you want to remove from the

-s (single mode) console you have to do a '/sbin/mount -uw /' command,type it without ' ,this give you a readwrite filesystem.

Then the 'rm -rf etc.etc...'

Hope it works for you, good luck

[duke3000]

Finally an ethernet solution for ACER 4310 laptop Gigabit ethernet card!!!!!! Just follow the instruction on dumping by typing on terminal sudo tcpdump -i en1 or en0

 

REjoice and thanks to nobbi1x!!!!! tsup tsup tsup! I have a faster Transmission download with ethernet setup hehehehe.

Just don't change any MAC address or anything. Just follow the instruction on dumping.

 

Go Pacquiao!!!!

 

Im reproducing the readme below...

 

Broadcom 5787M driver by nobb1x v 0.3 - an hexedited version of the original Applebcm5701 kext

 

 

Thanks to

 

various peoples on insanelymac forum, this kext has been hacked so many times that is impossible

keep track of all of them, the last hint to make it working come from Loepere, thanks guy!!

Thanks to Omegax, Collit99 and Pocopico for testing.

 

Disclaimer

 

This kext has been tried ONLY on the Broadcom 5787M and is proved to work with it, do not try on other

Broadcom cards until you know what you are doing.

Broadcom BCM 5787M is 14e4:1693 device

 

Installation

 

Just use Kext Helper b7 app or do it manually if you know how, is not the scope of this readme teach how to install kexts

Be sure to remove any other bcm5701/bcm5751 from your Extensions folder if you have altered its Info.plist files

 

This driver only work in promiscuous mode, at least with my router (3com) it seem setting promiscuous

mode in Macos is a shame or a secret, or at least i was unable to set it,neither was able to find docs on google, to have

the driver working you have 3 options

 

1)

open a terminal window and type:

 

sudo tcpdump -i enX where X is the number of your BCM ethernet interface, it could be en0 or en1 it depend

on how many lan cards there are in your pc.

You can minimize the terminal window but not close it or the driver will cease to work.

 

2)

Another way to run tcpdump would be like that :

sudo nohup tcpdump -i enX > /dev/null &

terminal window can be closed in this case.

 

3) (thanks Pocopico)

There is a folder called Start_Promisc within the archive, copy it in /Library/StartupItems then open the file

start_promisc you can find into the folder with TextEdit, changing the two variables at the top INTF and KEXTPATH

to match your setup. save it.

from a terminal window type:

sudo chmod -R 755 /Library/StartupItems/Start_Promisc

sudo chown -R root:wheel /Library/StartupItems/Start_Promisc

 

and you are all set, at next reboot you dont have to do a thing it will start tcpdump automatically.

[oyabun]

I want to thank you guys for all your work.

 

I'm having a little problem. The BCM5784 kext crashes OSX totally. I had to use the install media to mount the drive and delete the kext from the extensions folder. I'm running XxX 10.5.5 . I tried modding for the mac address and using the kext as is and both find the adapter right away then crash. After rebooting it crashes before or right after loading. Most times it doesnt go past the grey screen.

Any ideas?

I changed permissions 755 and root:wheel before installing.

 

 

I have a Broadcom 5784 and the device id matches up

VEN_14E4&DEV_1698

 

Its a builtin adapter in a Foxconn G31AX motherboard.

 

Would reinstalling to a different version be worth a try?

[Boombeng]

Hi oyabun, thanks for the feedback

 

The kext I hexedited is made for BCM5784M (ID = 14e4 1698) and Nobb1x's original one is made for BCM5787M, that's may be why it doesn't work for you if you have a BCM5784 (a non M one), can you find the ID of your card and give it to us, it would be helpefull to know it, to make a Warning for other with the same card who would like to try it...

 

bye

[oyabun]

Thanks for the reply Boombeng - the motherboard's device specs dont include the M but the device string is the same - VEN_14E4&DEV_1698 aka 14E4:1698. Are you guys all laptop users?

It recognizes the device but right after loading it crashes. I was wondering if there could be other conflicts such as the version of Leopard I'm using.

[oyabun]

Yeah its the same device with or without the M. http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_n...mine_driver.php

Its a Netlink and uses the same driver as the 5787 and other netlink adapters.

I'm gonna try to enable wakeonlan in the system's Bios to see if it might be that glitch some cards have seen where the device is put into some alternate mode when windows shuts down and can't come up. I checked out the .plist you modified and I can't see any place to correct any possible mismatch. Im going to install pciutils and verify everything is recognized the same as in linux and windows just to make sure.

 

At this point I really think there is a software conflict with some other kexts if it isnt a sleep state windows thing.

[Boombeng]

Someone did report in the thread that the BCM5787M kext crashed his system on Tiger 10.4.8, what is yours ?

Well, good luck in your investigations

[oyabun]

Im running Leopard 10.5.5. Yeah the only version I didnt try was the nobb1x 5787 driver. Everything else crashed OSX. I found a Realtek8139 in my garage with a bunch of old pci adapters and it works good so at least Im up. Something is probably conflicting in the XxX release I am using.

I changed permissions, tried via kextload and kexthelper, deleted the bcm kext in IONetwork. I'm sorta new to OSX - havent used it since 06 so maybe I'm missing some simple administrative issue. lspci shows the device as unrecognized but there. Its rev 10 at 2:0:0 and the same dev id. I enabled boot from lan in the BIOS just in case.

 

I still appreciate the work and replies. It was a good tutorial on kexts and driver troubleshooting even if it didn't work out this time.

[crazy_sumo]

hey guys tnx for ur work !

 

I installed the kext and PCcard

 

I have en0 in my ifconfig , but when i try the tcpdump it say that my network is down. Anyone know how to fix that tnx a lot

[nobb1x]

hey guys tnx for ur work !

 

I installed the kext and PCcard

 

I have en0 in my ifconfig , but when i try the tcpdump it say that my network is down. Anyone know how to fix that tnx a lot

 

hi, please, your model of lan card? network down error looks like you try to load a kext for a card not yours.

Try looking in your /var/log/system.log and look for BCM7551Ethernet log entries, if the kext loads succesfully

you must see a row like this: BCM5751Enet: Ethernet address ba:ad:f0:0d:ba:ad

[crazy_sumo]

hey

 

here's what i found with grep

 

Dec 23 12:22:03 localhost kernel[0]: AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 0 start - mapping device memory failed

Dec 23 11:20:49 francis-forgets-mac-pro kernel[0]: BCM5751Enet: Ethernet address ba:ad:f0:0d:ba:ad

Dec 23 12:53:14 francis-forgets-mac-pro kernel[0]: AppleBCM5751Ethernet - en0 link active, 100-Mbit, full duplex, symmetric flow control enabled

Dec 23 12:55:12 francis-forgets-mac-pro kernel[0]: AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 4 setupCopperPhy - link is down

Dec 23 12:55:37 francis-forgets-mac-pro kernel[0]: AppleBCM5751Ethernet - en0 link active, 100-Mbit, full duplex, flow control disabled

 

 

Here is what i have in Windows proprieties :

 

PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_1693&SUBSYS_01211025&REV_02

 

 

When i saw that the interface was down, i tryed the following : ifconfig en0 up

I got no error message.

 

Then I did the tcpdump -i en0

 

Here is what I got :

 

12:53:28.597054 IP 192.168.1.1.4312 > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 284

12:53:28.597994 IP 192.168.1.1.4313 > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 293

12:53:28.598959 IP 192.168.1.1.4314 > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 356

12:53:28.600952 IP 192.168.1.1.4315 > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 348

12:53:28.604357 IP 192.168.1.1.4316 > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 293

12:53:28.605319 IP 192.168.1.1.4317 > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 332

12:53:28.607268 IP 192.168.1.1.4318 > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 364

12:53:28.610044 IP 192.168.1.1.4319 > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 293

12:53:28.610871 IP 192.168.1.1.fdt-rcatp > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 352

12:53:28.612735 IP 192.168.1.1.rwhois > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 358

12:53:28.614571 IP 192.168.1.1.4322 > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 346

 

But I was not able to go to internet , the network diagnostic of safari said Ethernet failed, BUT the ethernet option was not grayed out.

 

Heres what it say with ifconfig

 

francis-forgets-mac-pro:~ Francis$ ifconfig en0

en0: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

ether ba:ad:f0:0d:ba:ad

media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active

supported media: none autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex,hw-loopback> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,flow-control> 100baseTX <half-duplex> 100baseTX <half-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <full-duplex,flow-control> 1000baseT <full-duplex> 1000baseT <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control>

 

 

tnx for ur help

[MIZZ KIM]

OH MY GOD everything seems wonderful

but excuse me, is it possible that my wifi can work?

[nobb1x]

@crazy_sumo: hmmm as far i can see your lan card seem working, do you use a dhcp server or is your IP set manually?

 

if your router can afford that, try to set DHCP in network preferences, if you can't use dhcp, be sure of ip address, dns, gateway. your problem looks more like a setting problem than a card problem.

 

Just remember that to browse the net with this kext you need to have a tcpdump session running in the background, if you stop tcpdump you are not able to go to internet.

 

@mizz kim: please?? this kext is only for a wired card, broadcom 5787m/5784m, if you have a broadcom wifi card look in the sticky thread on this forum.

 

Merry Christmas to anyone!!

[crazy_sumo]

Hey

 

It's work now, I had to go to system preference, to catch the new driver.

 

Tnx a lot

 

Waiting for intel 4965AGN now !!