Re: How to get BRCM to work?

[Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>]

On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 01:04:00PM +0100, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
> On 11/04/2013 12:51 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > I've been trying to remember the trick to get BRCM to work and I can't
> > remember at all.  I'm using BCM4313.  I've enabled everything with BCMA
> > or BRCM in the config name.
> > 
> > The module loads and the device shows up if I type "ifconfig wlan0" but
> > network manager doesn't see it and wicd doesn't see it.  (These are old
> > versions of nm and wicd).
> > 
> > This used to work under 3.8 but I didn't save my .config...  :(
> 
> Are these old versions of nm and wicd only supporting the deprecated
> WEXT interface? If this is the case you have to set
> CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT=y in your config.
> 

I have that enabled.

> You also need a firmware for this device /lib/firmware/brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw
> and /lib/firmware/brcm/bcm43xx_hdr-0.fw are needed.

I have the firmware.

> 
> When the device gets detected by brcmsmac, it is probably not a problem
> in the Broadcom driver.
> 
> > I've done a google search and it seems like the broadcom driver is still
> > a complete mess and you need to black list modules and hack everything
> > yourself on a per system basis?  Is that right?  Why can't we fix this
> > so it works?
> 
> When you want to use the property closed source Broadcom driver then you
> have to blacklist the in kernel drivers. When you want to use the in
> kernel drivers, BCM4313 should get detected and the modules should get
> loaded like it is done for every other PCIe device.

I don't have the closed source driver.

I'll do some more testing and get back on this.

regards,
dan carpenter