[SOLVED] m-a a-i broadcom-sta

j1alu · 03-28-2011, 02:42 PM

The OS is Debian-Sid, the kernel is 2.6.38.

Code:

luzer$ lspci | grep -i wireless
04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)

According to the debian wiki i got two choices:
either:
firmware-brcm80211
or:
m-a a-i broadcom-sta

firmware-brcm80211 is very unstable (the connection goes down all the time), so i tried broadcom-sta.
I got this error-message:

Code:

make[2]: Entering directory `/home/m1arkust/Data/Build/Kernel/Linux/linux-source-2.6.38'
  CC [M]  /usr/src/modules/broadcom-sta/amd64/src/shared/linux_osl.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/modules/broadcom-sta/amd64/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o
/usr/src/modules/broadcom-sta/amd64/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:277:5: warning: "WIRELESS_EXT" is not defined
/usr/src/modules/broadcom-sta/amd64/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c: In function ‘wl_if_setup’:
/usr/src/modules/broadcom-sta/amd64/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:378:5: warning: "WIRELESS_EXT" is not defined
/usr/src/modules/broadcom-sta/amd64/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c: In function ‘wl_tkip_keyset’:

I ran "make menuconfig and searched for "WIRELESS_EXT", but i can't find it (it is mentioned in concuntion with "GELIC", but no where to be found -> Device -> Network -> Ethernet 1000 -> PS3, no PS3 to be found).
I installed a default debian repo kernel, and "m-a a-i broadcom-sta" worked fine.

Code:

luzer$ grep WIRELESS_EXT /boot/config-2.6.38-localmodconfig-mt-0 
# CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS is not set
luzer$ grep WIRELESS_EXT /boot/config-2.6.38-1-amd64 
CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y
# CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS is not set
luzer$

So, to make it short:
Where exactly can i set "WIRELESS_EXT" ?

On another note: why is my card said to be eth1, and not wlan0?
Is that correct?

thanks

EricTRA · 03-28-2011, 02:46 PM

Hi,

Which broadcom-sta packages have you installed? Check with

Code:

dpkg -l 'broadcom-sta*'

I'm running 2.6.37-4 and used the

Code:

m-a a-i broadcom-sta

and it worked great for me.

Kind regards,

Eric

corp769 · 03-28-2011, 02:46 PM

Honestly if I were having this problem, the first place I would be looking at is in the wl_linux.c file, lines 277 and 378. I would use vim, and then do a search within that file for WIRELESS_EXT and go from there.

MS3FGX · 03-28-2011, 02:49 PM

Wireless Extensions should be under Networking Support -> Wireless -> Wireless Extensions. It is a generic configuration, and doesn't appear under a specific device. Make sure it is enabled and being built into the kernel.

As for the interface names, it depends on the driver being used. The interface names can be whatever the driver developer wants, sometimes they are wlan, sometimes it is eth. Some other drivers, like for Ralink, use their own naming schemes.

j1alu · 03-28-2011, 03:04 PM

EricTRA, i got:

Code:

luzer$ dpkg -l | grep broadcom
ii  broadcom-sta-common                         5.100.82.38-1                   Common files for the Broadcom STA Wireless driver
ii  broadcom-sta-modules-2.6.38-1-amd64         5.100.82.38-1+2.6.38-1          broadcom-sta modules for Linux (kernel 2.6.38-1-amd64)
ii  broadcom-sta-source                         5.100.82.38-1                   Source for the Broadcom STA Wireless driver

I did not have those problems with a 32-system.

MS3FGX, if i go there i got this:
http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/2...enuconfigr.png
and if i search for WIRELESS_EXT i get this:
http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/4...irelessext.png
If i search for GELIC i get the path from above, but no PS3 there.

eth or wlan i understand now. thanks

j1alu · 03-29-2011, 09:55 PM

I had to choose:
CONFIG_HOSTAP
and that selected CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT, so i could run "m-a a-i broadcom-sta".
I found the solution here:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t...9-start-0.html

Code:

ROOT# grep WIRELESS_EXT /boot/config-2.6.38-localmodconfig-1
CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y
# CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS is not set
ROOT#

thanks again.

EricTRA · 03-30-2011, 01:09 AM

Hi,

Glad to hear you've found a solution and thanks for sharing it.

Kind regards,

Eric

corp769 · 03-30-2011, 05:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by j1alu

I had to choose:
CONFIG_HOSTAP
and that selected CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT, so i could run "m-a a-i broadcom-sta".
I found the solution here:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t...9-start-0.html

Code:

ROOT# grep WIRELESS_EXT /boot/config-2.6.38-localmodconfig-1
CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y
# CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS is not set
ROOT#

thanks again.

I knew it was going to be something like that, but I didn't know where exactly to look. Glad you found it and fixed it!

Cheers,

Josh