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gannggstaz
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 Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:50 am Post subject: [SOLVED] BCM43225 with BRCM80211 driver |
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I am running a 64-bit environment and am trying to set up wifi. I have a laptop with a Broadcom wireless card
| Code: | #lspci
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02:00.0 Network Controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)
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I compiled a custom kernel and enabled the BRCM80211 modules. But when I load the "brcmsmac" module, ifconfig does not recognize a new network interface.
At the project page it says
| Quote: | | Does not support older PCI/PCIe chips with SSB backplane |
Could this be the problem? I have SSB disabled in my kernel but honestly don't know what it is.
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s4e8
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 6:06 am Post subject: |
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You can trying to enable CONFIG_SSB and CONFIG_B43.
I used have a BCM43222 adapter, and I trying all of:
1. hacking CONFIG_SSB, CONFIG_B43, not working
2. broadcom-sta drier, not working
3. NDISWrapper, not working
No linux support at all. And windows support still unstable, sometimes won't find any 5G band APs. |
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cach0rr0
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 6:47 am Post subject: |
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brcmsmac does not appear to depend on CONFIG_SSB
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Symbol: BRCMSMAC [=n]
│ Type : tristate
│ Prompt: Broadcom IEEE802.11n PCIe SoftMAC WLAN driver
│ Defined at drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/Kconfig:4
│ Depends on: NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] && MAC80211 [=m] && BCMA [=n]
│ Location:
│ -> Device Drivers
│ -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y])
│ -> Wireless LAN (WLAN [=y])
│ Selects: BRCMUTIL [=n] && FW_LOADER [=y] && CRC_CCITT [=m] && CRC8 [=m] && CORDIC [=m]
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Gusar
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:35 am Post subject: |
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Here we go again (why must this be repeated over and over?): Post dmesg output. Post kernel config. Do you have linux-firmware installed? Don't post those outputs directly here, use pastebin.
PS. Both b43 and brcmsmac support this chip. I'd say brcmsmac will do a better job, but depending on kernel config, one or the other driver will claim the card. |
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gannggstaz
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gannggstaz
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Installing linux-firmware fixed it, thank you for the help. |
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