[Voyage-linux] Adding Broadcom 4318 Wireless card to Alix board

Frank Parker (spam-protected)
Mon Apr 20 00:24:58 HKT 2009 

Kernel is:

voyage:~# uname -a
Linux voyage 2.6.26-486-voyage #1 PREEMPT Tue Feb 17 13:52:32 GMT 2009
i586 GNU/Linux


How do I check the firmware version?

Dmesg indicates "Firmware-ID: 13"

b43-fwcutter shows this:

voyage:~# b43-fwcutter -l
b43-fwcutter version 011
Extracting firmware is possible from these binary driver files.
The <ID> column shows the unique identifier string for your firmware.
You must select the firmware with the same ID as printed by the kernel
driver on modprobe.
Note that only recent drivers print such a message on modprobe.
Please read http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware

<driver>	<filename>		<microcode>	<ID>	<MD5 checksum>

b43legacy	wl_apsta.o		295.14		FW10	e08665c5c5b66beb9c3b2dd54aa80cb3
b43		wl_apsta.o		351.126		FW11	9207bc565c2fc9fa1591f6c7911d3fc0
b43		wl_apsta_mimo.o		351.126		FW11	722e2e0d8cc04b8f118bb5afe6829ff9
b43		wl_apsta_mimo.o		410.2160	FW13	cb8d70972b885b1f8883b943c0261a3c



-parker


On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Punky Tse <punkytse at punknix.com> wrote:
> Hi Frank,
>
> So my suggestion is to check what is your voyage kernel and firmware version
> you use first.
>
> Regards,
> Punky
>
>
> Frank Parker wrote:
>>
>> Punky, Thanks for the pointer.  My card is 4318 and needs the b43
>> driver, as shown on that page.
>>
>> voyage:~# lspci -vnn | grep 14e4
>> 00:0c.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318
>> [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev
>> 02)
>>
>> As you can see from my posts below, the b43 driver was installed with
>> "apt-get install b43-fwcutter" and dmesg seems to show the b43 driver
>> loading successfully at boot time (i think).
>>
>> -parker
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 2:26 AM, Punky Tse <punkytse at punknix.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Frank,
>>>
>>> May be here can give you some information:
>>>  http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
>>>
>>> Does the firmware version not match?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Punky
>>>
>>>
>>> Frank Parker wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I also notice this in dmesg:
>>>>
>>>> voyage:~# grep -i -e "b43" -e "broadcom" -e "wlan" /var/log/dmesg
>>>> b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found
>>>> Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMLR, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
>>>> input: b43-phy0 as /class/input/input1
>>>> firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
>>>> firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw
>>>> firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
>>>> firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
>>>> b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
>>>> Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
>>>> Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
>>>> Registered led device: b43-phy0::assoc
>>>> Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
>>>> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -parker
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Frank Parker
>>>> <mr.frank.parker at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sean, thanks for the quick reply.  I've read the README, but I think
>>>>> the problem is here:
>>>>>
>>>>> voyage:~# iwconfig wlan0 essid OpenWifi mode Master
>>>>> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
>>>>>  SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
>>>>>
>>>>> It will only accept "mode Ad-Hoc" or "mode Managed".
>>>>>
>>>>> I did "apt-get install install b43-fwcutter" and the kernel module is
>>>>> inserted.
>>>>>
>>>>> voyage:~# lspci | grep Broadcom
>>>>> 00:0c.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One
>>>>> 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
>>>>>
>>>>> voyage:~# lsmod | grep b43
>>>>> b43                   109212  0
>>>>> rfkill                  4756  2 rfkill_input,b43
>>>>> rng_core                3588  2 b43,geode_rng
>>>>> mac80211              114448  1 b43
>>>>> led_class               3332  2 leds_alix,b43
>>>>> input_polldev           3208  1 b43
>>>>> ssb                    30852  1 b43
>>>>> pcmcia                 27892  2 b43,ssb
>>>>> pcmcia_core            28176  3 b43,ssb,pcmcia
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone know what I am missing here?
>>>>>
>>>>> -parker
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Sean <knife at toaster.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You would need to at least do this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> iwconfig wlan0 essid OpenWifi mode Master
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Master mode starts the access point functionality.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You should read the readme. It has lots of good info on how to set it
>>>>>> up
>>>>>> as
>>>>>> an access point, bridging, etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://svn.voyage.hk/repos/voyage/branches/voyage-live/0.6.1/config/chroot_local-includes/README
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sean
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Frank Parker wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Apologies for the simple question.  I have searched for hours and
>>>>>>> read
>>>>>>> a lot of confusing documentation, but I'm afraid I still need help
>>>>>>> with this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am adding a Broadcom 4319 Min-PCI wireless card to my ALIX 2D3
>>>>>>> board.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> voyage:~# dmesg | grep -i broadcom
>>>>>>> b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found
>>>>>>> Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMLR, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can someone point to the proper directions for configuration?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Requirements:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1) This device needs to be an open Access Point, no encryption.
>>>>>>> 2) wlan0, eth1, eth2 should be configured as a bridge.
>>>>>>> 3) eth0 is already configured as the WAN uplink.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I did "ifconfig wlan0 up" followed by "iwconfig wlan essid OpenWifi"
>>>>>>> but it doesn't appear to be sending any signal (signal level 0).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> voyage:~# iwconfig wlan0
>>>>>>> wlan0     IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"OpenWifi"
>>>>>>>        Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point:
>>>>>>> Not-Associated
>>>>>>>        Tx-Power=20 dBm
>>>>>>>        Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B
>>>>>>>        Encryption key:off
>>>>>>>        Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
>>>>>>>        Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>>>>>>>        Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -parker
>>>>>>>
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