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roshan67 n00b
Joined: 24 Jun 2021 Posts: 4
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 12:55 pm Post subject: Gentoo Broadcom WiFi Dongle Not Working |
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Hi, I have a wifi dongle by broadcom named BCM43236 or DNUB-AT. When using Pop_OS!, it works perfectly fine and the driver used by the dongle is called brcmfmac.
I have tried to install that driver in Gentoo kernel configuration but it is not working. When I type in the command ip link, it does not show the network by the dongle.
How can I go about it, btw I am a noobie |
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alamahant Advocate
Joined: 23 Mar 2019 Posts: 3872
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
it would be good if you had config like this in your kernel .config
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CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_BROADCOM=y
CONFIG_BROADCOM_PHY=m
CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_BROADCOM=y
CONFIG_B43=m
CONFIG_B43_BCMA=y
CONFIG_B43_SSB=y
CONFIG_B43_BUSES_BCMA_AND_SSB=y
# CONFIG_B43_BUSES_BCMA is not set
# CONFIG_B43_BUSES_SSB is not set
CONFIG_B43_PCI_AUTOSELECT=y
CONFIG_B43_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT=y
CONFIG_B43_SDIO=y
CONFIG_B43_BCMA_PIO=y
CONFIG_B43_PIO=y
CONFIG_B43_PHY_G=y
CONFIG_B43_PHY_N=y
CONFIG_B43_PHY_LP=y
CONFIG_B43_PHY_HT=y
CONFIG_B43_LEDS=y
CONFIG_B43_HWRNG=y
# CONFIG_B43_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_B43LEGACY=m
CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PCI_AUTOSELECT=y
CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT=y
CONFIG_B43LEGACY_LEDS=y
CONFIG_B43LEGACY_HWRNG=y
CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DMA=y
CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PIO=y
CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DMA_AND_PIO_MODE=y
# CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DMA_MODE is not set
# CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PIO_MODE is not set
CONFIG_SSB_B43_PCI_BRIDGE=y
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plus it is always good to have
installed
plus
this
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net-wireless/broadcom-sta
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couldnt hurt
plus better you have the module configured as module (=m) rather than in-built (=y)
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NeddySeagoon Administrator
Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 54028 Location: 56N 3W
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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alamahant,
Its none of those_B43.
Code: | │ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ --- Wireless LAN │ │
│ │ [ ] ADMtek devices │ │
│ │ [ ] Atheros/Qualcomm devices │ │
│ │ [ ] Atmel devices │ │
│ │ [*] Broadcom devices │ │
│ │ < > Broadcom 43xx wireless support (mac80211 stack) (NEW) │ │
│ │ < > Broadcom 43xx-legacy wireless support (mac80211 stack) (NEW) │ │
│ │ < > Broadcom IEEE802.11n PCIe SoftMAC WLAN driver (NEW) │ │
│ │ < > Broadcom FullMAC WLAN driver (NEW) │ │
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Its Broadcom FullMAC WLAN driver (NEW) and it needs firmware, which is mostly in linux-firmware.
On non-EFI platforms it also needs a text file. that provides the data found in EFI firmware. I'm not sure if that's in linux-firmware or not.
As you say, make it a loadable module to avoid faffing with firmware built into the kernel. _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
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