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04-20-2012 #1
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B43 requiring bcma AND ssb???
I'm fairly new to Linux and there is only one thing that still forces me to reboot and start windows instead every now and then.
When I'm at home I want to connect my mobile devices (tablet, smartphone) to wifi, but since our hotspot's antenna cannot supply my room with our WLAN I used to start a "Virtual Router" on my laptop, thus sharing it's ethernet connection with my devices via its wlan-card in host mode.
Under Linux, I found out, this is only possible with hostAPD and the only driver supporting host-mode on my wlan-card (bcm43225) is b43. But unfortunately, Fedora's standard driver was brcmsmac. Therefore I am messing around with the installation of b43 for some time now but it still refuses to work.
At least I got it to auto-load on boot by creating an entry in etc/rc.local, but I think it isn't a good sign already that the kernel doesn't load b43 itself.
But as of now, I am more concerened with the question giving its name to this post. When I run lsmod | grep b43 I get the following:
Code:b43 365923 0 bcma 30183 1 b43 ssb 61441 1 b43 mmc_core 102497 2 ssb,b43 mac80211 492420 1 b43 cfg80211 195764 2 mac80211,b43
Code:Error: could not insert module b43.ko: Unknown symbol in module
In dmesg I also found the following line concerning b43:
Code:[ 10.426461] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMNLS ]
I am running Fedora 17beta (kernel 3.3) and I wouldn't be surprised if you told me that it's simply because of a bug in fc17, but at least I am sure then.
Huge thanks in advance, looking forward to any answers from you
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04-25-2012 #2
Hi,
You might want to give this a try.
Code:$ su - password: # gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
Code:blacklist b43 blacklist ssb
Code:# init 6
Last edited by nujinini; 04-25-2012 at 01:57 AM. Reason: spelling
nujinini
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04-25-2012 #3
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Hello! First of all thank you for the response.
I already blacklisted ssb and bcma before (except b43, but that seems strange, since I want it to load). Essentially my problem is that I want to use b43, but it is not loaded by the kernel by default. And when I force it to load on startup using rc.modules, both ssb and bcma are loaded as dependent modules by modprobe, but I was afraid that both might interfere with each other. Maybe I am wrong, but that is the first thing I could get hold of as a possible reason for b43 not to work.
Only to clarify, what I DID:
I blacklisted brcmsmac, because I wanted to replace it by b43
Then I have installed b43-fwcutter and I have executed all command from linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#other_distros
Code:If you are using the b43 driver from 3.2 kernel or newer: After installing b43-fwcutter, download version 5.100.138 of Broadcom's proprietary driver and extract the firmware from it: 1 export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware" 2 wget [protocol not allowed]lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2 3 tar xjf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2 4 sudo b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o
Code:modprobe b43
I DID NOT
Alias the correct module to my wlan0 device as said at fedoramobile.org/fc-wireless/bcm43xx-yum-extras because it seems obsolete (modprobe.conf doesn't exist any more)
Thank you for helping me out, I really WANT this to work, otherwise I will be forced to switch to windoze again and again.
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04-25-2012 #4
Hello again!
I'm not that much well versed on wireless too but maybe it could help if you can post all the outputs of the command as directed here.
Maybe the wireless gurus in LF can spot what you need for your concern. Good luck man!nujinini
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04-25-2012 #5
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Thanks nujinini for the REALLY quick answer
Ok, all outputs from the beginning:
lspci -knn (only the device I want to get running):
Code:05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4357] (rev 01) Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device [105b:e021] Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge
Code:[root@SULUNB ~]# lsmod | sort acer_wmi 28107 0 atl1c 41356 0 binfmt_misc 17463 1 bluetooth 273667 7 bnep bnep 19584 2 drm 241920 7 ttm,drm_kms_helper,radeon,i915 drm_kms_helper 40409 2 radeon,i915 fuse 77772 5 i2c_algo_bit 13163 2 radeon,i915 i2c_core 38028 7 drm,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,radeon,i915,i2c_i801,videodev i2c_i801 17779 0 i915 467705 9 intel_ips 18349 0 ip6table_filter 12815 1 ip6table_mangle 12700 1 ip6_tables 27073 2 ip6table_filter,ip6table_mangle ip6t_REJECT 12939 2 iptable_mangle 12695 1 iptable_nat 13383 1 ipt_MASQUERADE 12880 1 iTCO_vendor_support 13419 1 iTCO_wdt iTCO_wdt 17948 0 media 20444 2 videodev,uvcvideo microcode 19252 0 Module Size Used by nf_conntrack 82339 8 xt_conntrack,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_nat,iptable_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv6,nf_conntrack_broadcast,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,ipt_MASQUERADE nf_conntrack_broadcast 12527 1 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_ipv4 14622 20 nf_nat,iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv6 14297 21 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns 12665 0 nf_defrag_ipv4 12673 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv6 18095 1 nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_nat 25179 2 iptable_nat,ipt_MASQUERADE radeon 824789 0 rfkill 21384 4 acer_wmi,bluetooth snd 78862 11 snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec 116112 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_hdmi 36102 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek 145421 1 snd_hda_intel 33277 2 snd_hwdep 17650 1 snd_hda_codec snd_page_alloc 18101 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel snd_pcm 97129 3 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_timer 28690 1 snd_pcm soundcore 14491 1 snd sparse_keymap 13526 1 acer_wmi ttm 79709 1 radeon uinput 17673 0 uvcvideo 76469 0 video 18980 1 i915 videobuf2_core 31992 1 uvcvideo videobuf2_memops 13262 1 videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_vmalloc 12967 1 uvcvideo videodev 106925 2 videobuf2_core,uvcvideo wmi 18697 1 acer_wmi xt_conntrack 12760 38
Code:lsmod | grep b43 b43 365923 0 bcma 30183 1 b43 mac80211 492420 1 b43 cfg80211 195764 2 mac80211,b43 ssb 61441 1 b43 mmc_core 102497 2 ssb,b43
Code:[ 2103.386021] bcma: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x800, rev 0x22, class 0x0) [ 2103.386044] bcma: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x812, rev 0x17, class 0x0) [ 2103.386089] bcma: Core 2 found: PCIe (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x820, rev 0x0F, class 0x0) [ 2103.395394] bcma: Bus registered [ 2808.669844] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain [ 2808.672027] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: [ 2808.672031] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) [ 2808.672034] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [ 2808.672037] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [ 2808.672040] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [ 2808.672043] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [ 2808.672046] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [ 2808.674608] bcma: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x800, rev 0x22, class 0x0) [ 2808.674629] bcma: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x812, rev 0x17, class 0x0) [ 2808.674671] bcma: Core 2 found: PCIe (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x820, rev 0x0F, class 0x0) [ 2808.682430] bcma: Bus registered [ 2808.685017] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMNLS ]
Code:[root@SULUNB ~]# dmesg | grep firmware [ 15.291252] atl1c 0000:03:00.0: vpd r/w failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update.
Code:[root@SULUNB ~]# uname -r 3.3.2-8.fc17.x86_64
Code:[root@SULUNB ~]# /etc/init.d/network restart Restarting network (via systemctl): [ OK ]
Code:[root@SULUNB ~]# ifconfig lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 16436 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host> loop txqueuelen 0 (Lokale Schleife) RX packets 88 bytes 6764 (6.6 KiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 88 bytes 6764 (6.6 KiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 p7p1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 192.168.2.105 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.2.255 inet6 fe80::226:2dff:fea3:a65b prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link> ether 00:26:2d:a3:a6:5b txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 7494 bytes 2769212 (2.6 MiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 7200 bytes 1592488 (1.5 MiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 1 collisions 0 device interrupt 46
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04-30-2012 #6
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Hey again, I finally found the solution for my problem:
I configured and compiled a kernel and stumbled over the option to tell b43 to ignore cards which are supported by brcmsmac.
This option had been enabled of course in the standard Fedora17 kernel (and it is probably in the most other kernels, too). I simply disabled it and now everything works perfectly.
Nevertheless, thank you all for at least viewing this thread with the intention to help
=== SOLVED ===