[packman] Package broadcom-wl gone?

[Tomáš Chvátal]

2017-02-22 20:41 GMT+01:00 Manfred Hollstein <manfred.h at gmx.net>:

> Hi Tomáš,
>
> On Wed, 22 Feb 2017, 15:09:43 +0100, Tomáš Chvátal wrote:
> > 2017-02-22 13:44 GMT+01:00 Manfred Hollstein <manfred.h at gmx.net>:
> > [...]
> >     dmesg says this:
> >
> >     [    4.814315] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4352 WLAN found (core revision 42)
> >     [    4.814698] b43-phy0 ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY (Analog 12,
> Type 11
> >     (AC), Revision 1)
> >     [    4.815499] b43: probe of bcma0:1 failed with error -95
> >     [    4.815524] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PNLS ]
> >
> >     Neither NetworkManager nor wicked can see any related device; this
> means
> >     networking is no longer possible for a wide range of devices (from
> Dell
> >     and ASrock and possibly many others). Do we have a backup of the
> former
> >     driver which worked properly, at least for me.
> >
> > This says the driver was not properly loaded indeed.
> >
> > Could you please check which exact chipset you have?
> > "lspci -nn -d 14e4:"
>
> 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4352 802.11ac
> Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43b1] (rev 03)
>
> > Btw most of the cards are described on the wiki here:
> > <https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/
> brcm80211#to_be_done_for_fullmac_driver>
> >


It seems this card is indeed not supported by the open-source driver. Well
for time being I resurrected the broadcom-wl package and I will try to poke
up the kernel guys to figure out how to get rid of it.

HTH

Tom