Re: BCM4330 linux support

[Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>]

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On 02/06/15 00:40, Ben Adler wrote:
> Hi Arend,
>
> I found your email on
> https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211 and would
> like to ask your help regarding linux support for the Broadcom BCM4330
> chipset. The page lists it as supported.
>
> More precisely, I am trying to get WiFi to work on a Zotac ZBOX pico 320
> which contains an Ampak AP6383 chip. This in turn contains a BCM4330...
> which leads me to you.

Makes sense ;-)

> So far, I was able to rip
>
> 4330b2rtecdc.bin (md5 ca91920df0041bd9e31e3aef53ac3375)
> T77H360.04_WB_nvram_20120731.txt (attached)
>
> out of the windows driver and am able to scan for networks using linux
> 3.19rc6, brcmfmac module and "iwlist wlan0 scanning". However, doing so,
> I receive many error messages and cannot connect to an AP, let alone
> start an AP with hostapd.
>
> The firmware files in linux-firmware, don't seem to help either.
>
> Arend, is it possible to make this chip work? Just STA, or also AP? If
> so, which firmware and NVRAM files will I need?

Well, I have this chip running on regular x86 laptop using special 
adapter boards and it also runs on i.MX6 board. The windows firmware and 
nvram should work. Can you send a kernel log preferably with driver 
module loaded with 'debug=0xd416'.

> The windows driver also contains 11
> BCM4330B1_002.001.003.0967.<XXXX>.hcd files. Are those only for
> bluetooth? Does bluetooth work in linux?

Those .hcd file are indeed for bluetooth. I know next to nothing about 
bluetooth. Sorry.

> Thanks for your time!
> Ben

Regards,
Arend