Innaccurate information, or help needed

Innaccurate information, or help needed

[Jonathan Burgess]

I have a Lenovo ThinkPad Twist s230u that has a Broadcom 43228 that is
identified by the PCI ID of 14e4:4359.

I have attempted to use both the b43 and broadcom-wl drivers.
In both cases, the speed of my connection is about half of what it
should be. I have had this problem on Windows, but it was solved by
installing drivers from Lenovo's website.

The b43 page on the linux wireless wiki says that everything is
working as of kernel version 3.17, but there is obviously still a
problem or there is missing configuration information.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Sayonara,
Burgess, Jonathan

Innaccurate information, or help needed

[Larry Finger]

On 07/01/2015 08:54 PM, Jonathan Burgess wrote:
> I have a Lenovo ThinkPad Twist s230u that has a Broadcom 43228 that is
> identified by the PCI ID of 14e4:4359.
>
> I have attempted to use both the b43 and broadcom-wl drivers.
> In both cases, the speed of my connection is about half of what it
> should be. I have had this problem on Windows, but it was solved by
> installing drivers from Lenovo's website.
>
> The b43 page on the linux wireless wiki says that everything is
> working as of kernel version 3.17, but there is obviously still a
> problem or there is missing configuration information.

What drivers were on the Lenovo website? In particular, does loading that driver 
taint your kernel?

Larry

Innaccurate information, or help needed

[Jonathan Burgess]

The drivers on the Lenovo website were, to the best of my knowledge,
the broadcom manufactured drivers. The document at
[https://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/gawb04ww.txt]
explains the driver I was using under the Windows operating system. I
am not aware of any way to make it function on Linux and, therefore,
haven't had the oppurtunity to have it taint my kernel.

On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote:
> On 07/01/2015 08:54 PM, Jonathan Burgess wrote:
>>
>> I have a Lenovo ThinkPad Twist s230u that has a Broadcom 43228 that is
>> identified by the PCI ID of 14e4:4359.
>>
>> I have attempted to use both the b43 and broadcom-wl drivers.
>> In both cases, the speed of my connection is about half of what it
>> should be. I have had this problem on Windows, but it was solved by
>> installing drivers from Lenovo's website.
>>
>> The b43 page on the linux wireless wiki says that everything is
>> working as of kernel version 3.17, but there is obviously still a
>> problem or there is missing configuration information.
>
>
> What drivers were on the Lenovo website? In particular, does loading that
> driver taint your kernel?
>
> Larry
>
>



-- 
?????,
???????????

Sayonara,
Burgess, Jonathan

Innaccurate information, or help needed

[Larry Finger]

On 07/09/2015 11:01 AM, Jonathan Burgess wrote:
> The drivers on the Lenovo website were, to the best of my knowledge,
> the broadcom manufactured drivers. The document at
> [https://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/gawb04ww.txt]
> explains the driver I was using under the Windows operating system. I
> am not aware of any way to make it function on Linux and, therefore,
> haven't had the oppurtunity to have it taint my kernel.

 From the way you wrote the previous message, I thought you had found a Linux 
driver on the Lenovo website. Obviously, you have only found Windows drivers. 
Some of them will work on Linux by using ndiswrapper. It can be quite difficult 
to get setup and may not work.

According to https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43, your device 
is handled by the Broadcom proprietary driver wl.

Larry