[Fwd: fedora18: Wireless Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n]

[Sérgio Basto]

On Ter, 2013-04-02 at 06:36 +0100, Sérgio Basto wrote: 
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> Subject: fedora18: Wireless Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
> Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 03:05:45 +0200
> 
> Hi, My netbook Asus have this network Wireless controller:
> 
> > 02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)
> > 	Subsystem: AzureWave Device 2107
> > 	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 3
> > 	Memory at f7d00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
> > 	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
> > 	Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information: Len=78 <?>
> > 	Capabilities: [48] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
> > 	Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
> > 	Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
> > 	Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
> > 	Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-d9-ff-ff-09-6c-71
> > 	Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>
> 
> and not work out of the box or with rpmfusion's wl driver.
> 
> For now I have found this howto:
> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-282334.html
> 
> and with this procedure:
> 
> > #!/bin/bash
> > #
> > # http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-282334.html
> > 
> > set -x
> > dtmp=$(mktemp -d)
> > 
> > # wget -c http://jas.gemnetworks.com/debian/pool/main/w/wireless-bcm43142/wireless-bcm43142-dkms_6.20.55.19-1_amd64.deb
> > rpm -q dpkg || yum install dpkg
> > 
> > dpkg-deb -x wireless-bcm43142-dkms_6.20.55.19-1_amd64.deb $dtmp
> > 
> > cd $dtmp/usr/src/wireless-bcm43142-6.20.55.19/
> > 
> > make API=WEXT
> > 
> > mkdir -p /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/extra/wl
> > rm -f /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/extra/wl/wl.ko
> > cp ./wl.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/extra/wl/.
> > 
> > depmod -a 
> > 
> > modprobe -r wl
> > sleep 2
> > ip a
> > 
> > modprobe wl
> > sleep 2
> > ip a
> > 
> > cd
> > rm -rf $dtmp
> 
> the wl driver work fine.
> 
> My question is: There is an official Fedora driver (embedded, akmod or
> kmod) for this (bcp43142) wireless network card?


https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2550
Review request: wl-bcm43142-kmod - X86_64 Kernel module for Broadcom
wireless devices BCM43142

it match , is waiting for review in meantime you may test it . 

-- 
Sérgio M. B.