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audiodef Watchman
Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 6639 Location: The soundosphere
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 11:55 pm Post subject: Broadcom Corporation BCM43224 not working with kernel 3.6.9 |
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I have the following wireless adapter:
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44:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 01)
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I still have a 3.2.22 kernel because broadcom-sta does not work on higher versions. However, I would really like to use kernel 3.6.9 (and higher as things go forward).
I have just spent an entire day trying to figure this out. I have read this (including the bug linked from that page), this and this, and I am still at a loss.
Am I able to use this wireless adapter on higher kernel versions, and if so, exactly what do I need to do? This has been extremely frustrating, and I'd greatly appreciate any help I can get. _________________ decibel Linux: https://decibellinux.org
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Gusar Advocate
Joined: 09 Apr 2005 Posts: 2665 Location: Slovenia
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 12:07 am Post subject: |
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Two options:
a) Activate brcmsmac in the kernel as module. Install linux-firmware.
b) Activate b43 in the kernel as module, also activate B43_BCMA and B43_BCMA_EXTRA and support for N-PHY. Install b43-firmware. |
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audiodef Watchman
Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 6639 Location: The soundosphere
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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Neither of those options worked. I can't figure out if my wireless simply will not work with higher kernel versions or if I'm missing a step. I really hope it's the latter.
For option "a", I:
- blacklisted wl (otherwise it will cause a kernel crash with these options)
- cd /usr/src/linux (which points to my installed 3.6.9 sources)
- make menuconfig
- Activated brcmsmac in the kernel as a module
- Exited out of menuconfig
- make && make modules_install
- Copied kernel image to boot partition
- Listed kernel modules in /etc/conf.d/modules
- emerge linux-firmware
- Rebooted
The card is not detected and not activated. The laptop has an LED for the card: orange when inactive, blue when active. The LED remained orange.
I should note that I already had b43-firmware and b43-fwcutter emerged from previous attempts to get this working. Would that cause a conflict?
For option "b", I:
- blacklisted wl (otherwise it will cause a kernel crash with these kernel options)
- cd /usr/src/linux (which points to my installed 3.6.9 sources)
- make menuconfig
- Undid the options from "a", above
- Activated b43, B43_BCMA, B43_BCMA_EXTRA, and b43_n_phy (however the symbol is correctly spelled) as modules
- Exited out of menuconfig
- make && make modules_install
- Copied kernel image to boot partition
- Listed kernel modules in /etc/conf.d/modules
- emerge b43-firmware (was already emerged, but did it again anyway)
- Rebooted
Again, the card remained inactive. Also, linux-firmware was installed from having tried option "a". Would that create a conflict?
Am I screwed with this wireless chip or am I missing something?
I should note I use wicd and don't have wpa_supplicant emerged - does that matter? It doesn't with older kernels and broadcom-sta. _________________ decibel Linux: https://decibellinux.org
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Mgiese Veteran
Joined: 23 Mar 2005 Posts: 1607 Location: indiana
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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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same here, ifconfig reports nothing, linux-firmware was build before... lsmod does not show anything as well
Code: | Apr 18 22:03:14 corius kernel: usb 2-1.6: Manufacturer: Broadcom
Apr 18 22:03:14 corius kernel: usb 2-1.6: SerialNumber: 000000000001
Apr 18 22:03:14 corius kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_map_chip_to_name: Unknown chipid 43236 [2]
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lsusb reports :
Code: | Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0a5c:bd17 Broadcom Corp. BCM43236 802.11abgn Wireless Adapter |
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