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My internal WiFi card is BCM43224, and I am able to use the brcmsmac without any issues in functionality. What I am trying to fix is an issue similar to that of this post: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=128609
That is, when I attempt to log in to tty1, a bunch of output about the wireless card appears. While it doesn't affect usability, it is annoying, and I am trying to find a fix independent of those given in the posted link (messing with rc.local and the kernel boot line), specifically regarding patching the driver.
There are 2 patches at the bottom of the main page I found for brcmsmac (http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211), the first of which I think may fix the issue I am having (http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drive … 8f320c4_50) (Line 50 is the one I believe may apply to my situation)
My question is, how should I approach this? Will applying the patch require me to recompile my kernel (3.3.1.1)? Any advice on how to add the patches themselves is also greatly appreciated. I am fairly new to Archlinux and have only compiled a kernel once or twice, and have no experiencing with patching.
The output messages themselves follow the following format:
ieee80211 phy0: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: qos enabled: false (implement)
I hope I'm not sounding too helpless! Archlinux is a fantastic distro, and the documentation has helped me figure out a great deal, but Broadcom has served to make my learning endeavors much harder.
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It seems stuff will occasionally still be printed on ttys (try plugging in a USB stick, for example). So I'm afraid it's an issue with Arch, not with brcmsmac itself.
As for actual recompilation, all you need is compat-wireless. You can build that, apply the patch if the code isn't already present (since compat-wireless are snapshots, it might very well already be integrated - get the latest snapshot), and then just install your compat-wireless package (it's in the AUR). The kernel will prefer modules in the update dir over its own.
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I use brcmsmac and the only messages from it I get are during boot. How are you starting it? Are you backgrounding stuff in rc.conf?
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
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Try putting this in your /etc/rc.local and rebooting:
dmesg -n 3
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@.:B:.
I tried using compat-wireless, and I think I may have configured something wrong, because it wasn't allowing me to boot and I ended up doing a fresh install
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My messages are also only during my bootup. The relevant portions of my rc.conf are the following:
MODULES=(brcmsmac)
DAEMONS=(@net-auto-wireless)
I'm aware that, if I unbackground net-auto-wireless or whichever method I use to setup wireless, then the tty login clears the screen up. But it makes me wait for the messages at boot, and I'd rather not wait.
I think I will give meph's solution a try, it looks like a good intermediate between dealing with the output and adding an option to the kernel line.
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I think I will give meph's solution a try, it looks like a good intermediate between dealing with the output and adding an option to the kernel line.
That's how I solved the same problem. Since the messages you're getting aren't really errors, it's safe to suppress them. Also I find it convenient to be getting only error messages and worse (everything with lower priority suppressed), so dmesg -n 3 is perfect solution for me.
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