Which packages do I need to compile a kernel module ?

fizk-jnk · 2010-09-05 08:58:20

Hello:)
Long strory short : I just installed Arch, but I can not get to the internet.
This is because the atl1c and atl1e modules don't work for my Lan and because I need a driver for my wifi.

My plan is to download the packages and install them ofline.

So I need to know which packages are required to compile this driver without Internet connection.

My kernel version is : 2.6.33-ARCH #1

Any help is greatly appreciated.

archman-cro · 2010-09-05 09:08:19

Paste the output for

lspci | grep Network

So we can know which exact broadcom model you got.
You followed http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_BCM43XX ?
Tried this: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19514 ?
Cheers!

EDIT: my reply doesn't really solve your question. I've been in the same situation as you. You don't need any dependencies (for installing the driver). I just followed the " http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Dri … CI_devices " page, grabbed fw cutter (dunno if you need it) and broadcom-wl driver from here http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/
Add all of this on your usb and install with pacman -U.

Follow the "You are using the b43 driver from linux-2.6.25 or newer"

export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware"
wget http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
cd broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver
sudo ../../b43-fwcutter-013/b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" wl_apsta_mimo.o

Good luck!

Last edited by archman-cro (2010-09-05 09:25:45)

fizk-jnk · 2010-09-05 11:09:06

Hi, thanks for the prompt reply

here is the output of lspci :

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8151 v1.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Device 4357 (rev 01)

my wireless card is not supported by the b43 driver

But I will try the proposed solution and let you know weather it worked.

EDIT : --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ok. I did the fw cutter thing to extract the firmware to /lib/firmware succesfully.

But when I issue :

pacman -U <path to broadcom driver tar>

I get:

 error: ... :invalid or corrupted package

Any Ideas on why this is happening ? The package seems ok... I mean I can extract it without any errors with the tar command.

Last edited by fizk-jnk (2010-09-05 12:31:25)

quarkup · 2010-09-05 12:38:50

pacman -U <package>
only works for <packages> created with makepkg

first of all: follow the wiki
build the driver for you from AUR - you can use an aur helper like yaourt or such to make it easier if you really need it

Chat to the arch-people over the IRC-channel (freenode's server, #archlinux channel)
Check the bugtracker

fizk-jnk · 2010-09-05 12:47:06

Ok... I see... I knew I must have missed something.

I will try it again later and let you know if it works or not.

archman-cro · 2010-09-05 16:27:54

fizk-jnk wrote:

But when I issue :
pacman -U <path to broadcom driver tar>

No, no, no, just modprobe your module now. Mine was modprobe b43. It worked. Dunno which one is yours.

Edit: Some guy on italian arch forum just did the

tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
 cd broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod
 b43-fwcutter-w "/ lib / firmware /" wl_apsta.o

part and it works for him. Just try "modprobe b43" with root privs and it should work. Report back if you have problems.

Last edited by archman-cro (2010-09-05 16:34:35)

fizk-jnk · 2010-09-05 17:15:45

Well thank you guys for the help

Though I found a solution to the ethernet problem in this thread and decided to start off with a fresh install. It seems like the 2.6.35 kernel solves the problem with the atl1c and atl1e modules.

So now I can make the package from the AUR, without any dependency problems.

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#1 2010-09-05 08:58:20

Which packages do I need to compile a kernel module ?

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Re: Which packages do I need to compile a kernel module ?

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