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

[jd1008]

On 09/14/2015 06:52 PM, Susi Lehtola wrote:
> On 09/14/2015 01:04 PM, jd1008 wrote:
>> 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.
>
> What does dmesg say?
>
> Do you have the necessary firmware installed?
All the firmware is installed.
Dmesg shows my device


dmesg | egrep 'bcm|brcm'
[   23.663122] bcma: bus0: Found chip with id 0xA8D8, rev 0x01 and 
package 0x0A
[   23.668951] bcma: bus0: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (manuf 0x4BF, id 
0x800, rev 0x22, class 0x0)
[   23.673722] bcma: bus0: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (manuf 0x4BF, id 
0x812, rev 0x17, class 0x0)
[   23.679369] bcma: bus0: Core 2 found: PCIe (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x820, 
rev 0x0F, class 0x0)
[   23.698791] bcma: bus0: Bus registered
[   25.411675] b43: probe of bcma0:0 failed with error -524
[   25.890922] brcmsmac bcma0:0: mfg 4bf core 812 rev 23 class 0 irq 17
[   45.686118] brcmsmac bcma0:0: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: qos 
enabled: false (implement)
[   45.702539] brcmsmac bcma0:0: brcms_ops_config: change power-save 
mode: false (implement)
[   77.027787] brcmsmac bcma0:0: brcmsmac: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: 
associated
[   77.027796] brcmsmac bcma0:0: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: qos 
enabled: true (implement)
[   77.337182] brcmsmac bcma0:0: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: arp 
filtering: 1 addresses (implement)
[  251.739996] brcmsmac bcma0:0: START: tid 1 is not agg'able
[  361.915723] brcmsmac bcma0:0: START: tid 1 is not agg'able
[ 1303.788174] brcmsmac bcma0:0: START: tid 1 is not agg'able
[ 1366.973185] brcmsmac bcma0:0: START: tid 1 is not agg'able
[ 1373.431674] brcmsmac bcma0:0: START: tid 1 is not agg'able
[ 1479.850097] brcmsmac bcma0:0: START: tid 1 is not agg'able
[ 1564.979716] brcmsmac bcma0:0: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: arp 
filtering: 1 addresses (implement)
[ 1605.443024] brcmsmac bcma0:0: START: tid 1 is not agg'able
[ 1853.364640] brcmsmac bcma0:0: START: tid 1 is not agg'able
[ 1865.380577] brcmsmac bcma0:0: START: tid 1 is not agg'able
[ 1919.400890] brcmsmac bcma0:0: START: tid 1 is not agg'able
[ 2906.144794] brcmsmac bcma0:0: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: arp 
filtering: 1 addresses (implement)
[ 3516.401120] brcmsmac bcma0:0: START: tid 1 is not agg'able

So, it appears that even if I wait for Fedora 23, it will not support my 
wifi.