bcm4331 firmware installer package

bcm4331 firmware installer package

[Rafał Miłecki]

2011/12/21 Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>:
> On 12/21/2011 11:59 AM, lina wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I don't know which one (else) can be fit for bcm4331 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 02)
>>
>> From http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx#b43_and_b43legacy
>>
>> I tried:
>>
>> 1] aptitude install firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
>>
>> No chroot environment found. Starting normal installation
>> No supported card found.
>> Use proper b43 or b43legacy firmware.
>> Aborting.
>>
>> 2] # aptitude install firmware-b43-installer
>>
>> No chroot environment found. Starting normal installation
>> Unsupported device(s) found: PCI id 14e4:4331
>> Aborting.
>>
>> both of the listed are not working,
>>
>
> The bcm4331 support in b43 is pretty new so I do not expect distros are
> providing packages for it. Your best bet is to get linux-firmware repo
> from git.kernel.org. Probably the b43 developers can point you to the
> specific firmware file you need to use for that phy.

Arend: I'm not sure how to say it nice... but there is only one
company starting with "B" having copyrights to the BCM4331 firmware.
Only this company can legally submit BCM4331 firmware to
linux-firmware repo.

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Rafa?

bcm4331 firmware installer package

[Rafał Miłecki]

2011/12/22 lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com>:
> I am still a bit confused. (First thanks for the links all of you
> provided, but I have visited those web before).
>
> Here is the thing:
> BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n fit for
> BCM4331 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?b/g ?HT (r1)
>
> What does the 802.11a for?

Well, your card can operate in 5GHz band (frequencies). But I'm not
 really sure why you ask about this at all.

 If you want to try experimental BCM4331 support you have to:
 1) Install kernel 3.2-rc3 or newer
 or
 2) Install compat wireless

 After that you've do install firmware (check for wiki howto for kernel
 3.2 and newer).

P.S.
Please, don't top post.

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Rafa?

bcm4331 firmware installer package

[Rafał Miłecki]

2011/12/22 lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com>:
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Rafa? Mi?ecki <zajec5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2011/12/22 lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com>:
>>> I am still a bit confused. (First thanks for the links all of you
>>> provided, but I have visited those web before).
>>>
>>> Here is the thing:
>>> BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n fit for
>>> BCM4331 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?b/g ?HT (r1)
>>>
>>> What does the 802.11a for?
>>
>> Well, your card can operate in 5GHz band (frequencies). But I'm not
>> ?really sure why you ask about this at all.
>>
>> ?If you want to try experimental BCM4331 support you have to:
>> ?1) Install kernel 3.2-rc3 or newer
> I have the 3.2.0-rc6
>> ?or
>> ?2) Install compat wireless
>>
>> ?After that you've do install firmware (check for wiki howto for kernel
>> ?3.2 and newer).
>
> after installation of the compat-wireless,
>
> from
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#firmware
>
> ?# aptitude install firmware-b43-installer
>
>
> Setting up b43-fwcutter (1:015-9) ...
> Setting up firmware-b43-installer (1:015-9) ...
> No chroot environment found. Starting normal installation
> Unsupported device(s) found: PCI id 14e4:4331
> Aborting.
>
> I don't know which part is wrong here.

Your tool is too old (support for BCM4331 is really recent).

Just do as I said and use howto for kernel 3.2, not distro-specific
howto. You nede to install b43-fwcutter and manually download file for
firmware extraction.

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bcm4331 firmware installer package

[Rafał Miłecki]

W dniu 22 grudnia 2011 09:45 u?ytkownik lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com> napisa?:
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Rafa? Mi?ecki <zajec5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2011/12/22 lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com>:
>>> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Rafa? Mi?ecki <zajec5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 2011/12/22 lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com>:
>>>>> I am still a bit confused. (First thanks for the links all of you
>>>>> provided, but I have visited those web before).
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is the thing:
>>>>> BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n fit for
>>>>> BCM4331 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?b/g ?HT (r1)
>>>>>
>>>>> What does the 802.11a for?
>>>>
>>>> Well, your card can operate in 5GHz band (frequencies). But I'm not
>>>> ?really sure why you ask about this at all.
>>>>
>>>> ?If you want to try experimental BCM4331 support you have to:
>>>> ?1) Install kernel 3.2-rc3 or newer
>>> I have the 3.2.0-rc6
>>>> ?or
>>>> ?2) Install compat wireless
>>>>
>>>> ?After that you've do install firmware (check for wiki howto for kernel
>>>> ?3.2 and newer).
>>>
>>> after installation of the compat-wireless,
>>>
>>> from
>>> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#firmware
>>>
>>> ?# aptitude install firmware-b43-installer
>>>
>>>
>>> Setting up b43-fwcutter (1:015-9) ...
>>> Setting up firmware-b43-installer (1:015-9) ...
>>> No chroot environment found. Starting normal installation
>>> Unsupported device(s) found: PCI id 14e4:4331
>>> Aborting.
>>>
>>> I don't know which part is wrong here.
>>
>> Your tool is too old (support for BCM4331 is really recent).
> sorry, here you mean, which tool?
>>
>> Just do as I said and use howto for kernel 3.2, not distro-specific
>> howto. You nede to install b43-fwcutter and manually download file for
> I can't tell the difference. (I really need detailed instructions,
> thanks for your patience ahead)
>
> I tried to follow what you said before, with the kernel 3.2-rc6
> install the compate-wireless,
> but have problem in the following install the firmware-installer.
>> firmware extraction.

wget http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-015.tar.bz2
tar xjf b43-fwcutter-015.tar.bz2
cd b43-fwcutter-015
make
sudo make install
cd ..

export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware"
wget http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
tar xjf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
sudo b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR"
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o

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Rafa?

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[Buck Golemon]

2011/12/22 Rafa? Mi?ecki <zajec5@gmail.com>
>
> W dniu 22 grudnia 2011 09:45 u?ytkownik lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com> napisa?:
> > On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Rafa? Mi?ecki <zajec5@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 2011/12/22 lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com>:
> >>> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Rafa? Mi?ecki <zajec5@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> 2011/12/22 lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com>:
> >>>>> I am still a bit confused. (First thanks for the links all of you
> >>>>> provided, but I have visited those web before).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Here is the thing:
> >>>>> BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n fit for
> >>>>> BCM4331 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?b/g ?HT (r1)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What does the 802.11a for?
> >>>>
> >>>> Well, your card can operate in 5GHz band (frequencies). But I'm not
> >>>> ?really sure why you ask about this at all.
> >>>>
> >>>> ?If you want to try experimental BCM4331 support you have to:
> >>>> ?1) Install kernel 3.2-rc3 or newer
> >>> I have the 3.2.0-rc6
> >>>> ?or
> >>>> ?2) Install compat wireless
> >>>>
> >>>> ?After that you've do install firmware (check for wiki howto for kernel
> >>>> ?3.2 and newer).
> >>>
> >>> after installation of the compat-wireless,
> >>>
> >>> from
> >>> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#firmware
> >>>
> >>> ?# aptitude install firmware-b43-installer
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Setting up b43-fwcutter (1:015-9) ...
> >>> Setting up firmware-b43-installer (1:015-9) ...
> >>> No chroot environment found. Starting normal installation
> >>> Unsupported device(s) found: PCI id 14e4:4331
> >>> Aborting.
> >>>
> >>> I don't know which part is wrong here.
> >>
> >> Your tool is too old (support for BCM4331 is really recent).
> > sorry, here you mean, which tool?
> >>
> >> Just do as I said and use howto for kernel 3.2, not distro-specific
> >> howto. You nede to install b43-fwcutter and manually download file for
> > I can't tell the difference. (I really need detailed instructions,
> > thanks for your patience ahead)
> >
> > I tried to follow what you said before, with the kernel 3.2-rc6
> > install the compate-wireless,
> > but have problem in the following install the firmware-installer.
> >> firmware extraction.
>
> wget http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-015.tar.bz2
> tar xjf b43-fwcutter-015.tar.bz2
> cd b43-fwcutter-015
> make
> sudo make install
> cd ..
>
> export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware"
> wget http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
> tar xjf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
> sudo b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR"
> broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o
>

Works for me! Again, this is the first time my wireless has worked!
I nominate this for inclusion on the wiki under heading "Bleeding-edge
kernel quickstart".

Thanks!
-buck