Broadcom BCM4357 wireless not working *

greengold · 2010-09-18 18:30:43

Hi!
now its about wifi drivers...
Ijust can't get my wifi work!
I had found drivers on intel page and I had followed instructions to install
installation requires only to copy one file to /lib/firmware ,so I did it.
but wifi is still not working... instalation manual says athat kernel needs to have enabled hottpluging function which should be found at : device drivers -> Generic Driver Options -> Hotplug firmware loading support ,but its not there!

can someone tell me where in make menuconfig of kernel 2.6.35-4 can I find it ?
or can someone just help mi get it work?
I did search a lot but nothink helped...
thanks a lot!

Moderator edit: Changed topic title, topic starter thought it was Intel wireless but lspci unequivocally shows a Broadcom one present

Last edited by .:B:. (2010-09-19 12:49:43)

surfed · 2010-09-18 18:38:03

hmm, i think core/linux-firmware should be sufficient to get your card to work....

greengold · 2010-09-18 18:42:51

well its not

greengold · 2010-09-18 18:46:09

lspci:

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 12)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 12)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8151 v1.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Device 4357 (rev 01)
7f:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
7f:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
7f:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
7f:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
7f:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
7f:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)

lshw:

$ lshw
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
timeline                  
    description: Computer
    width: 64 bits
    capabilities: vsyscall64 vsyscall32
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       physical id: 0
     *-memory
          description: System memory
          physical id: 0
          size: 3760MiB
     *-cpu
          product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU       M 330  @ 2.13GHz
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 1
          bus info: cpu@0
          width: 64 bits
          capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
     *-pci:0
          description: Host bridge
          product: Core Processor DRAM Controller
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 12
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
          resources: irq:0
        *-display
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: 12
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
             configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
             resources: irq:44 memory:d0000000-d03fffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:3050(size=8)
        *-communication UNCLAIMED
             description: Communication controller
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 16
             bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
             version: 06
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: memory:d4406100-d440610f
        *-usb:0
             description: USB Controller
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
             version: 05
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:16 memory:d4405c00-d4405fff
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1b
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
             version: 05
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0
             resources: irq:43 memory:d4400000-d4403fff
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
             version: 05
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:40 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:d3400000-d43fffff ioport:d0400000(size=16777216)
           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: AR8151 v1.0 Gigabit Ethernet
                vendor: Atheros Communications
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: c0
                serial: c8:0a:a9:33:b5:0d
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.0.2-NAPI firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.105 latency=0 multicast=yes
                resources: irq:45 memory:d3400000-d343ffff ioport:2000(size=128)
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.5
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.5
             version: 05
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:41 ioport:1000(size=4096) memory:d2400000-d33fffff ioport:d1400000(size=16777216)
           *-network UNCLAIMED
                description: Network controller
                product: Broadcom Corporation
                vendor: Broadcom Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                version: 01
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: bus_master cap_list
                configuration: latency=0
                resources: memory:d2400000-d2403fff
        *-usb:1
             description: USB Controller
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
             version: 05
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:23 memory:d4405800-d4405bff
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1e
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
             version: a5
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
             version: 05
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
        *-storage
             description: SATA controller
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
             version: 05
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: storage ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
             resources: irq:42 ioport:3048(size=8) ioport:305c(size=4) ioport:3040(size=8) ioport:3058(size=4) ioport:3020(size=32) memory:d4405000-d44057ff
        *-serial UNCLAIMED
             description: SMBus
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
             version: 05
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: memory:d4406000-d44060ff ioport:3000(size=32)
        *-generic UNCLAIMED
             description: Signal processing controller
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.6
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6
             version: 05
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: memory:d4404000-d4404fff
     *-pci:1
          description: Host bridge
          product: Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 101
          bus info: pci@0000:7f:00.0
          version: 02
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:2
          description: Host bridge
          product: Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 102
          bus info: pci@0000:7f:00.1
          version: 02
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:3
          description: Host bridge
          product: Core Processor QPI Link 0
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 103
          bus info: pci@0000:7f:02.0
          version: 02
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:4
          description: Host bridge
          product: Core Processor QPI Physical 0
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 104
          bus info: pci@0000:7f:02.1
          version: 02
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:5
          description: Host bridge
          product: Core Processor Reserved
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 105
          bus info: pci@0000:7f:02.2
          version: 02
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:6
          description: Host bridge
          product: Core Processor Reserved
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 106
          bus info: pci@0000:7f:02.3
          version: 02
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz

surfed · 2010-09-18 18:50:50

So what make you thnk you have an intel 5150? I see this:
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Device 4357 (rev 01)
and would send you here:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_BCM43XX

.:B:. · 2010-09-18 19:09:54

I don't see an Intel wireless chip in there either...

Moved to a more appropriate location.

greengold · 2010-09-18 19:27:12

oka thanks..
the site of seller says that this notebook comes with that wireless card..

.:B:. · 2010-09-18 19:47:11

Specs tend to fluctuate, I wouldn't trust what you see on a site over what lspci tells you .

greengold · 2010-09-19 09:50:30

true..
Im still having few questions :
is AUR package what can be found here http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_BCM43XX designed for 86_64 systems too?
and where should I apply that patch? ..I never did that...
thx

greengold · 2010-09-19 10:10:07

Im still getting:

[root@timeline linux-2.6.35.4]# cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.35-ARCH/
[root@timeline linux-2.6.35-ARCH]# patch -p1 < kernel.patch
can't find file to patch at input line 4
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|diff -aur bla/src/include/linuxver.h bla.new/src/include/linuxver.h
|--- bla/src/include/linuxver.h 2010-02-06 02:59:15.000000000 +0100
|+++ bla.new/src/include/linuxver.h     2010-08-07 23:17:35.354988049 +0200
--------------------------
File to patch:

surfed · 2010-09-19 17:02:57

greengold wrote:

Im still getting:

[root@timeline linux-2.6.35.4]# cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.35-ARCH/
[root@timeline linux-2.6.35-ARCH]# patch -p1 < kernel.patch
can't find file to patch at input line 4
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|diff -aur bla/src/include/linuxver.h bla.new/src/include/linuxver.h
|--- bla/src/include/linuxver.h 2010-02-06 02:59:15.000000000 +0100
|+++ bla.new/src/include/linuxver.h     2010-08-07 23:17:35.354988049 +0200
--------------------------
File to patch:

There's a PKGBUILD in AUR. Or, you can download the driver from here,

so dont patch but install from aur with yaourt.....its easier as stated in the wiki:
It is better to use the PKGBUILD, that way pacman will track all the files.

so a

$yaourt broadcom-wl

should do the trick

Last edited by surfed (2010-09-19 17:52:12)

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#1 2010-09-18 18:30:43

Broadcom BCM4357 wireless not working *

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Re: Broadcom BCM4357 wireless not working *

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