help bcm4312 and b43 driver

darkangel29 · 09-26-2008, 09:55 PM

I have being trying to get my bcm4312 with the new b43 driver for the last few days but I can't get to work. I have follow this guides

http://fourlovesfour.blogspot.com/20...less-with.html
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=600097
I do everything in this guides but when I try loading the b43 nothing happens. I can use it with ndiswrapper and wl but both of them have problems.

this is my lspci

Code:

04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)

lspci -n

Code:

04:00.0 0280: 14e4:4315 (rev 01)

uname -a

Code:

Linux April 2.6.24-21-generic #1 SMP Mon Aug 25 17:32:09 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

dmesg when i load bcm43xx

Code:

bcm43xx driver
[  464.316180] ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
[  464.316186] ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>

dmesg when I load b43 shows nothing about it

dmesg for wl

Code:

[ 1628.993322] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:00.0[A] -> Link [LK4E] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 1628.993334] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:04:00.0 to 64
[ 1628.999928] eth1: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Wireless Controller 5.10.27.6

I have completely remove ndiswrapper. Also the lshw -C network when I load the b43

Code:

*-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4312 802.11b/g
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress cap_list
       configuration: latency=0

Does the b43 or bcm43xx driver work at all with this card? Thanks in advance

Dj.r4iDeN · 09-27-2008, 01:08 AM

http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...r_Slackware_11

did you read this ?

it had to work with me

Tons of Fun · 09-27-2008, 11:01 AM

There are issues with the broadcom firmware drivers in Ubuntu and Debian Etch. The following link is what worked for me. I am running Debian Etch on a laptop, and had the same results you are having now. Manually downloading the firmware drivers, and following his instructions brought my wireless card up instantly.

http://www.debiantutorials.org/content/view/153/213/

HTH

andrew.46 · 10-04-2008, 03:09 AM

You should be able to successfully run this, I have an identical chip and it runs flawlessly under Slackware 12.1:

Code:

root@skamandros/home/andrew# lspci | grep Broadcom
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 01)

and running with the stock kernel for this distro:

Code:

andrew@skamandros~$ uname -r
2.6.24.5-smp

You might be better to go straight to the b43 page:

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43

The instructions are fairly straightforward and were all I needed to get the BCM 4312 going.

Andrew