From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dora Smith Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:01:51 -0600 Subject: BCM43224 In-Reply-To: References: <3dba7020-e9ae-e7b7-2471-aa0681553f20@me.com> <7b40931a-1d1a-9baf-28d3-59568a346800@me.com> Message-ID: <4798341C682F42D89235C411274B7EDF@DoraWin7PC> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: b43-dev@lists.infradead.org I got it to work, sort of, but ended up upgrading to a new old card, and I've been VERY happy with it. I did research and found one of the few N cards that was made for the type of slot in my older notebook. Dora -----Original Message----- From: Rafa? Mi?ecki Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 5:01 AM To: Faissal Bensefia Cc: b43-dev Subject: Re: BCM43224 On 29 November 2016 at 11:48, Faissal Bensefia wrote: > On 28/11/16 21:03, Rafa? Mi?ecki wrote: >> On 23 November 2016 at 21:27, Faissal Bensefia wrote: >>> To my knowledge the only drivers for this card are brcmsmac and >>> broadcom-wl, both of which require proprietary firmware, which I'd like >>> to do without. How can I assist in reverse engineering the BCM43224 >>> firmware? Are there any resources that explain how to use b43-tools? >> >> b43 also has (very) limited support for BCM43224, after all you >> e-mailed b43 mailing list. >> > I've attempted to use b43 but on my card but it doesn't work, the module > never loads, despite me removing brcmsmac making sure that everything > has been unloaded and then loading b43, as well as blacklisting > brcmsmac, none of which worked. From what I've read there is meant to be > support but it's not been tested (I don't remember where the site was > but it had a list of Broadcom cards and their support status). Please be specific. "the module never loads" - what error do you see after doing "modprobe b43"? -- Rafa? _______________________________________________ b43-dev mailing list b43-dev at lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/b43-dev