From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-gw3-out.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.64]:63668 "EHLO mail-gw3-out.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751925AbbBFJK5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Feb 2015 04:10:57 -0500 Message-ID: <54D4851F.8020402@broadcom.com> (sfid-20150206_101105_591514_6365C7FD) Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 10:10:55 +0100 From: Arend van Spriel MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ben Adler CC: brcm80211 development , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: BCM4330 linux support References: <54D3FF89.502@phoenix-aerial.com> In-Reply-To: <54D3FF89.502@phoenix-aerial.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: + lists 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..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