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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with broadcom wireless
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:06:40
Message-Id: AANLkTilVcq-mDZX42zNewTMriIFfED_r_Fa0xPU4Jkxv@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with broadcom wireless by Neil Bothwick
1 On 23 June 2010 09:23, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 > On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:24:00 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote:
3 >
4 >> I have build b43 as both a kernel module and as a built-in component.
5 >> But neither eth1 nor wlan0 exist for either kernel configuration (eth0
6 >> is the hardwired ethernet)
7 >
8 > Are you sure this is a B43xx devices, the lspci output doesn't specify?
9 > Some Dells use a different Broadcom card that needs the
10 > net-wireless/broadcom-sta module to be emerged.
11
12
13 Mine is a different Broadcom card:
14
15 05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312
16 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
17
18
19 but my kernel settings may help here:
20
21 $ cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep -i b43
22 CONFIG_B43=m
23 CONFIG_B43_PCI_AUTOSELECT=y
24 CONFIG_B43_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT=y
25 # CONFIG_B43_PCMCIA is not set
26 # CONFIG_B43_SDIO is not set
27 CONFIG_B43_PIO=y
28 CONFIG_B43_PHY_LP=y
29 CONFIG_B43_LEDS=y
30 CONFIG_B43_HWRNG=y
31 CONFIG_B43_DEBUG=y
32 CONFIG_B43_FORCE_PIO=y
33 # CONFIG_B43LEGACY is not set
34 CONFIG_SSB_B43_PCI_BRIDGE=y
35
36 I couldn't get it to show up until I selected the debug feature with
37 the FORCE_PIO option.
38
39 HTH
40 --
41 Regards,
42 Mick