fedora18: Wireless Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n

[Dario Lesca]

Hi, My netbook Asus have this network Wireless controller:

>  02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
> (rev 01)
>  	Subsystem: AzureWave Device 2107
>  	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 3
>  	Memory at f7d00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
>  	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
>  	Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information: Len=78 <?>
>  	Capabilities: [48] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
>  	Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
>  	Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
>  	Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
>  	Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-d9-ff-ff-09-6c-71
>  	Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?> 
and not work out of the box or with rpmfusion's wl driver.

For now I have found this howto:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-282334.html

and with this procedure:

>  #!/bin/bash
>  #
>  # http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-282334.html
>  
>  set -x
>  dtmp=$(mktemp -d)
>  
>  # wget -c
> http://jas.gemnetworks.com/debian/pool/main/w/wireless-bcm43142/wireless-...
>  rpm -q dpkg || yum install dpkg
>  
>  dpkg-deb -x wireless-bcm43142-dkms_6.20.55.19-1_amd64.deb $dtmp
>  
>  cd $dtmp/usr/src/wireless-bcm43142-6.20.55.19/
>  
>  make API=WEXT
>  
>  mkdir -p /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/extra/wl
>  rm -f /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/extra/wl/wl.ko
>  cp ./wl.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/extra/wl/.
>  
>  depmod -a 
>  
>  modprobe -r wl
>  sleep 2
>  ip a
>  
>  modprobe wl
>  sleep 2
>  ip a
>  
>  cd
>  rm -rf $dtmp 
the wl driver work fine.

My question is: There is an official Fedora driver (embedded, akmod or
kmod) for this (bcp43142) wireless network card?

Thanks.

-- 
Dario Lesca - sip:[e-mail]
(Inviato dal mio Linux Fedora18+Gnome3)

[Dario Lesca]

Il giorno mer, 03/04/2013 alle 09.32 +1030, William Brown ha scritto:
>  
>  Please don't use kmod-wl . 
>  
>  Read http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 
I have read, and my BCM is NOT supported:
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Supported_devices
:PCI-ID     Supported?  Chip ID   Modes   PHY version   Alternative
:14e4:4365  no          BCM43142    ?     LCN40 (r3)     ?

then the only way witch this wireless card work (and other 2), tested on
3 notebook (1 dell and 2 asus) is use and rebuild kmod-wl with option
"make API=WEXT"
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2012-October/172954.html

I have post this my experience to help some other fedora user to remove
ubuntu from this netbook and install AND USE in it Fedora.

NOTE: on this netbook also the Ethernet controller (AR8131) do not work.
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/alx
I have must to use alx driver (missing for fedora) to make it work, I
have grab and rebuild it from here:
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/3/srodzaj/2/search/alx-kmod-0.0-3.20...

Thanks.
-- 
Dario Lesca - sip:[e-mail]
(Inviato dal mio Linux Fedora18+Gnome3)

[Dario Lesca]

Il giorno mar, 02/04/2013 alle 16.45 -0400, JOYCE POLZIN ha scritto:
>  Have you tried rpmfusion.org kmod-wl? 
Yes: don't work.

-- 
Dario Lesca - sip:[e-mail]
(Inviato dal mio Linux Fedora18+Gnome3)

[William]

On Tuesday 02 Apr 2013 16:45:51 JOYCE POLZIN wrote:
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  
>  Il giorno lun, 01/04/2013 alle 22.11 -0400, JOYCE POLZIN ha scritto:
>  > Is the device firmware installed in /lib/firmware?
>  
>  What firmare?
>  I don't know, but with the solution show into my message the device
>  work.
>  
>  Have you tried rpmfusion.org kmod-wl? 
Please don't use kmod-wl . 

Read http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43



-- 
Sincerely,

William Brown

pgp.mit.edu
http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x3C0AC6DAB2F928A2

[Terry Polzin]

----- Original Message -----
Il giorno lun, 01/04/2013 alle 22.11 -0400, JOYCE POLZIN ha scritto: 
>  Is the device firmware installed in /lib/firmware?  
What
firmare? 
I don't know, but with the solution show into my message the device 
work. 

Have you tried rpmfusion.org kmod-wl?

[Dario Lesca]

Il giorno lun, 01/04/2013 alle 22.11 -0400, JOYCE POLZIN ha scritto:
>  Is the device firmware installed in /lib/firmware? 
What
firmare?
I don't know, but with the solution show into my message the device
work.

-- 
Dario Lesca - sip:[e-mail]
(Inviato dal mio Linux Fedora18+Gnome3)

[Terry Polzin]

Is the device firmware installed in /lib/firmware? 


----- Original Message -----
Hi, My netbook Asus have this network Wireless controller: 

>  02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
> (rev 01) 
>  Subsystem: AzureWave Device 2107 
>  Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 3 
>  Memory at f7d00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K] 
>  Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3 
>  Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information: Len=78 <?> 
>  Capabilities: [48] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ 
>  Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 
>  Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting 
>  Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel 
>  Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-d9-ff-ff-09-6c-71 
>  Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>  
and not work out of the box or with rpmfusion's wl driver. 

For now I have found this howto: 
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-282334.html 

and with this procedure: 

>  #!/bin/bash 
>  # 
>  # http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-282334.html 
>  
>  set -x 
>  dtmp=$(mktemp -d) 
>  
>  # wget -c
> http://jas.gemnetworks.com/debian/pool/main/w/wireless-bcm43142/wireless-...
>
>  rpm -q dpkg || yum install dpkg 
>  
>  dpkg-deb -x wireless-bcm43142-dkms_6.20.55.19-1_amd64.deb $dtmp 
>  
>  cd $dtmp/usr/src/wireless-bcm43142-6.20.55.19/ 
>  
>  make API=WEXT 
>  
>  mkdir -p /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/extra/wl 
>  rm -f /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/extra/wl/wl.ko 
>  cp ./wl.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/extra/wl/. 
>  
>  depmod -a 
>  
>  modprobe -r wl 
>  sleep 2 
>  ip a 
>  
>  modprobe wl 
>  sleep 2 
>  ip a 
>  
>  cd 
>  rm -rf $dtmp  
the wl driver work fine. 

My question is: There is an official Fedora driver (embedded, akmod or 
kmod) for this (bcp43142) wireless network card? 

Thanks. 

-- 
Dario Lesca - sip:[e-mail] 
(Inviato dal mio Linux Fedora18+Gnome3) 


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