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PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:29 pm    Post subject: Wireless: BCM4331 on a Macbook Pro 9,2 Reply with quote

Hello world!

I'm trying to run Gentoo on a new Macbook Proc 13" and I get troubles to get the wireless card recognized.

I followed this docs:
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Broadcom_43xx

But the card don't care about the module...
Code:

    kopf ~ # modprobe b43
    kopf ~ # lspci -vnn -d 14e4:4331 -k
    02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4331] (rev 02)
            Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4331]
            Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
            Memory at a0600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
            Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
            Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information: Len=78 <?>
            Capabilities: [48] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
            Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
            Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
            Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
            Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-ff-ff-00-00-00
            Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>
            Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge
            Kernel modules: bcma


I use Genkernel, here the last config generated: http://pastebin.ca/2252752

I'm that it can work, but I don't found what I have missed, if someone have an idea :)
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Code:
emerge linux-firmware

recommend menuconfig be:
Quote:
[*] Networking support --->
-*- Wireless --->
--- Wireless
<M> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API
[ ] nl80211 testmode command
[ ] enable developer warnings
[ ] cfg80211 regulatory debugging
[ ] enable powersave by default
[ ] cfg80211 DebugFS entries
[*] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility
< > Common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
<M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)
Default rate control algorithm (Minstrel) --->
[ ] Enable mac80211 mesh networking (pre-802.11s) support
[ ] Export mac80211 internals in DebugFS
[ ] Trace all mac80211 debug messages
[ ] Select mac80211 debugging features --->

<*> RF switch subsystem support --->

Device Drivers --->
[*] Network device support --->
[*] Wireless LAN --->
<M> Broadcom 43xx wireless support (mac80211 stack)
[ ] Support for 802.11n (N-PHY) devices (EXPERIMENTAL) (NEW)
[ ] Support for low-power (LP-PHY) devices (NEW)
[*] Support for HT-PHY (high throughput) devices (EXPERIMENTAL) (NEW)
[ ] Broadcom 43xx debugging (NEW)
< > Broadcom 43xx-legacy wireless support (mac80211 stack)
< > Broadcom IEEE802.11n embedded FullMAC WLAN driver

Broadcom specific AMBA --->
< > BCMA support


I don't have your NIC, but as I read the info available it is not 80211n capable and uses ssb bus not bcma and uses the ht-phy not N or lp.

If you follow this but still no luck check dmesg for clues.
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