Kernel 4.3 does not seem to support Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 01)

jd1008 jd1008 at gmail.com
Mon Sep 14 20:04:42 UTC 2015


On a laptop with
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n 
(rev 01)
and kernel: kernel-4.3.0-0.rc0.git11.1

and compiled modules:
/lib/modules/4.3.0-0.rc0.git11.1.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/phy/bcm7xxx.ko.xz
/lib/modules/4.3.0-0.rc0.git11.1.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/phy/bcm87xx.ko.xz
/lib/modules/4.3.0-0.rc0.git11.1.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.ko.xz
/lib/modules/4.3.0-0.rc0.git11.1.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac
/lib/modules/4.3.0-0.rc0.git11.1.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/brcmfmac.ko.xz
/lib/modules/4.3.0-0.rc0.git11.1.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmutil
/lib/modules/4.3.0-0.rc0.git11.1.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmutil/brcmutil.ko.xz
/lib/modules/4.3.0-0.rc0.git11.1.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/bluetooth/bcm203x.ko.xz
/lib/modules/4.3.0-0.rc0.git11.1.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/bcma
/lib/modules/4.3.0-0.rc0.git11.1.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/bcma/bcma.ko.xz

the wifi will not come on.

Yes, I know the kernel I mention above is a release candidate, but I 
also tested released kernel 4.2.0
and it also does not support this wifi.




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