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MandM
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 Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 1:51 am Post subject: 2.6.25 Kernel, Broadcom PCI Card, NO b43 driver? [SOLVED] |
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I'm attempting to make the most of the 2.6.25 kernel so I can avoid the ndis_wrappers. I've got the HP 2133 mini note and I've been trying to get my wireless set up.
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# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller
00:00.6 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Security Device
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (rev 80)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 5372
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev b0)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev b0)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev b0)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 90)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237S PCI to ISA Bridge
00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 Ultra VLINK Controller
00:13.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A Host Bridge
00:13.1 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to PCI Bridge
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Chrome9 HC IGP (rev 01)
[b]02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 02)[/b]
07:03.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)
80:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio Controller (rev 10)
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I believe I've got the correct kernel settings...
Under Device Drivers -> Network Device Support -> Wireless Lan ->
I've got the following
<M> Broadcom 43xx wireless support (mac80211 stack)
I've followed the instructions from http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#fw-b43-new for installing the driver.
| Code: | # b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" wl_apsta_mimo.o
This file is recognised as:
ID : FW13
filename : wl_apsta_mimo.o
version : 410.2160
MD5 : cb8d70972b885b1f8883b943c0261a3c
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But I still can't get my system to recognize the module....
| Code: | # modprobe b43
FATAL: Module b43 not found. |
I also can't get my orange light (the hardware switch for the wireless card) to turn blue - not sure if that matters....
Anyone see what I'm missing here... it's got to be something obvious!
Thanks!
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AllenJB
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 8:43 am Post subject: |
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Are you're actually running the kernel version you think you are. You can see what kernel version you're currently running using "uname -a".
Tip: You can use eselect to manage your /usr/src/linux symlink - see "eselect kernel help" for more information |
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MandM
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Are you're actually running the kernel version you think you are. You can see what kernel version you're currently running using "uname -a". |
Thanks! That cleared up a little confusion... I had already created the linux symlink, but I guess i did it in the wrong order. I was still showing the 2.6.24 kernel. Now I'm showing up correct with 2.6.25. However, I error out when I try to modprobe b43 still.
I found that my /lib/modules directory only has the old kernel directory in it
| Code: | # ls /lib/modules
2.6.24-gentoo-r8 |
I've re-run my make && make modules and even tried "module-rebuild".
How do I populate a /lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4 directory?
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AllenJB
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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| You need to run "make modules_install" to install the compiled modules to the correct location. |
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MandM
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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geeze --- I'm on top of it. i ran it, but used modules-install (dash instead of underscore) i didn't notice the wrong output
Looks like i'm headed in the right direction now... just not quite there...
from /var/log/messages:
| Code: | May 25 15:53:02 laptop rc-scripts: Configuration not set for wlan0 - assuming DHCP
May 25 15:53:02 laptop rc-scripts: network interface wlan0 does not exist
May 25 15:53:02 laptop rc-scripts: Please verify hardware or kernel module (driver) |
Also from dmesg:
| Code: | b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found
b43-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2, Revision 9
b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
b43-phy0 debug: DebugFS (CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) not enabled in kernel config
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
phy0: Failed to initialize wep
b43: probe of ssb0:0 failed with error -12
Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PM, Firmware-ID: FW13 ] |
My /etc/conf.d/net entry looks like this...
| Code: | modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf" |
And my /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf looks like this....
| Code: | ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
ap_scan=1
network={
ssid="My-Net"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=TKIP
psk="my_password"
priority=2 |
I think the /var/log/messages entry is the most telling - either, I don't have the correct modules, or my hardware switch isn't working correctly. I think I don't have the ssb module installed correctly...
| Code: | # lsmod
Module Size Used by
b43 139296 0
mac80211 109324 1 b43
cfg80211 18184 1 mac80211 |
Am I correct in that assumption?
Thanks again for the help!
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IvanMajhen
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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Do you have selected this options under Cryptographic API?
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Cryptographic API
< > Sequence Number IV Generator
-*- Cryptographic algorithm manager
-*- HMAC support
< > XCBC support
< > Null algorithms
<*> MD4 digest algorithm
-*- MD5 digest algorithm
-*- SHA1 digest algorithm
< > SHA224 and SHA256 digest algorithm
< > SHA384 and SHA512 digest algorithms
< > Whirlpool digest algorithms
< > Tiger digest algorithms
< > GF(2^128) multiplication functions (EXPERIMENTAL)
{*} ECB support
-*- CBC support
< > PCBC support
< > LRW support (EXPERIMENTAL)
< > XTS support (EXPERIMENTAL)
< > CTR support
< > GCM/GMAC support
< > CCM support
< > Software async crypto daemon
-*- DES and Triple DES EDE cipher algorithms
< > FCrypt cipher algorithm
< > Blowfish cipher algorithm
< > Twofish cipher algorithm
< > Twofish cipher algorithms (i586)
< > Serpent cipher algorithm
-*- AES cipher algorithms
<*> AES cipher algorithms (i586)
< > CAST5 (CAST-128) cipher algorithm
< > CAST6 (CAST-256) cipher algorithm
< > TEA, XTEA and XETA cipher algorithms
{*} ARC4 cipher algorithm
< > Khazad cipher algorithm
< > Anubis cipher algorithm
< > SEED cipher algorithm
< > Salsa20 stream cipher algorithm (EXPERIMENTAL)
< > Salsa20 stream cipher algorithm (i586) (EXPERIMENTAL)
-*- Deflate compression algorithm
<*> Michael MIC keyed digest algorithm
< > CRC32c CRC algorithm
< > Camellia cipher algorithms
< > Testing module
-*- Authenc support
< > LZO compression algorithm
[ ] Hardware crypto devices ---> |
Ecb and arch4 must be compiled in kernel or autoloaded before ssb/mac80211. |
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MandM
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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That did it!
for the first time, i've got a wlan0 interface with ifconfig! IvanMajhen and AllenJB are on fire! Thank you gentlemen!
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IvanMajhen
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice. Put solved in thread subject. |
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MandM
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 4:48 pm Post subject: Solved |
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yup... just had to verify connectivity before closing it off.
Thanks again for the help!
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