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-bcm...
> 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.

[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-bcm... 
> 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]

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.

[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 mar, 02/04/2013 alle 16.45 -0400, JOYCE POLZIN ha scritto:
> Have you tried rpmfusion.org kmod-wl?

Yes: don't work.

[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

[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-0.0-3.20130...

Thanks.