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From: Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] trouble with broadcom wireless
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:05:05
Message-Id: yu9k4pqlexb.fsf@nyu.edu
1 Dell latitude E6510, ~amd64
2 kernel: 2-6.34 (gentoo sources)
3
4 lspci -vnn
5 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
6 Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0010]
7 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
8 Memory at e6e00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
9 Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
10 Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information: Len=78 <?>
11 Capabilities: [48] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
12 Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
13 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
14 Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
15 Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-ff-ff-89-78-e4
16 Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>
17
18 If I understood the wiki correctly, with the new kernel I don't have to
19 run b43-fwcutter, but just emerge the b43-firmware. I have done so and
20 also have the fwcutter emerged.
21
22 I have build b43 as both a kernel module and as a built-in component.
23 But neither eth1 nor wlan0 exist for either kernel configuration (eth0
24 is the hardwired ethernet)
25
26 I suspect there is another step I should be doing and would appreciate
27 any help you can offer.
28
29 thanks,
30 allan

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Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with broadcom wireless Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>