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

[Sérgio Basto]

On Seg, 2013-04-08 at 01:23 +0200, Dario Lesca wrote: 
> Il giorno ven, 05/04/2013 alle 23.27 +0100, Sérgio Basto ha scritto:
> > On Ter, 2013-04-02 at 06:36 +0100, Sérgio Basto wrote: 
> > > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > > From: Dario Lesca <d.lesca at solinos.it>
> > > Reply-to: Development discussions related to Fedora
> > > <devel at lists.fedoraproject.org>
> > > To: Fedora Devel <devel at lists.fedoraproject.org>
> > > Cc: Fedora Users <users at lists.fedoraproject.org>
> > > 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 . 
> > 
> 
> Thank Sérgio, now I'm subscribed to rpmfusion-user list.
> 
> I have download these src.rpm
> > $ wget \ 
> > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25699833/rpmfusion/Rawhide/wl-bcm43142-kmod/wl-bcm43142-kmod-6.20.55.19-1.fc19.src.rpm \
> > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25699833/rpmfusion/Rawhide/broadcom-wl-bcm43142/broadcom-wl-bcm43142-6.20.55.19-1.fc19.src.rpm
> 
> then I have rebuild them with:
> > $ rpmbuild --rebuild \
> > broadcom-wl-bcm43142-6.20.55.19-1.fc19.src.rpm \
> > wl-bcm43142-kmod-6.20.55.19-1.fc19.src.rpm
> 
> then I have install it with:
> > sudo yum install \
> > rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/broadcom-wl-bcm43142-6.20.55.19-1.fc18.noarch.rpm \
> > rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/kmod-wl-bcm43142-6.20.55.19-1.fc18.x86_64.rpm \
> > rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/akmod-wl-bcm43142-6.20.55.19-1.fc18.x86_64.rpm
> 
> and test it. Work.
> 
> But only if I connect to my and other router wifi with mode
> infrastructure. If I connect to my server firewall, witch share our
> wireless network card mode "ad-hoc" do not work.
> 
> On another Notebook with another BCM network card and wl driver, I had
> rebuild the driver and use "make API=WEXT", in this mode i can connect
> to both mode.
> 
> With  wl-bcm43142 I could not try, but I think that would work.
> If you're interested, I can try in a few days.
> 
> Do you have some suggest for me?

Sorry can't help you , I just point where wl-kmod is, and where should
be discussed . 

> Many thanks, and sorry for my bad English.

I also have a very bad English :) 

-- 
Sérgio M. B.