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cjwright4242

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Registered: 2014-08-30

Posts: 5

Missing CONFIG_B43_BCMA_EXTRA option in kernel config

I am running a BCM43224 wireless card on and need to recompile the kernel to make use of the card.  According to the wiki, I need to ' recompile the kernel with the CONFIG_B43_BCMA_EXTRA option set to use b43.'  However, after following the wiki instructions for Kernels/Compilation/Arch Build System I don't seem to have the CONFIG_B43_BCMA_EXTRA anywhere in the config.x86_64 file.  Something feels not right about just adding CONFIG_B43_BCMA_EXTRA=y to the file.  Is there something else I am missing?

stevenhoneyman

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From: England

Registered: 2014-05-25

Posts: 241

Re: Missing CONFIG_B43_BCMA_EXTRA option in kernel config

I think that must have been removed at some point, it's probably covered by CONFIG_BRCMSMAC at a guess (brcmsmac.ko)

Is there something else I am missing?

uncomment "make menuconfig" in the PKGBUILD if you haven't already - easier to search through and enable stuff

EDIT: that already seems to be enabled in the default Arch kernel

Last edited by stevenhoneyman (2014-08-30 17:30:20)

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Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

Posts: 3,607

Re: Missing CONFIG_B43_BCMA_EXTRA option in kernel config

That option was removed in favor of a module parameter. No need to recompile the kernel anymore, just load the b43 module with all allhwsupport=1

cjwright4242

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Registered: 2014-08-30

Posts: 5

Re: Missing CONFIG_B43_BCMA_EXTRA option in kernel config

After loading b43 with the allhwsupport=1 option, what else will I need to do (i.e. reboot)?