Description of problem: So on my Thinkpad L460 laptop with Fedora 27 the wifi stopped working after a normal system update last week and now i have figured out where the problem is. The is in the new linux-firmware package 20171215-81.git2451bb22.fc27. If i downgrade that package to 20171009-78.gitbf04291.fc27 (the version that came with the Fedora Workstation Live CD/Installer) it works. The wifi controller shown by lspci is this: 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Limited BCM4356 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 02) The errors shown by dmesg is this: [ 5.963195] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac [ 5.963264] brcmfmac 0000:03:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) [ 6.075119] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_map_chip_to_name: using brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.bin for chip 0x004356(17238) rev 0x000002 [ 6.077952] brcmfmac 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.txt failed with error -2 [ 8.543003] brcmfmac: brcmf_msgbuf_query_dcmd: Timeout on response for query command [ 8.543009] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Retreiving cur_etheraddr failed, -5 [ 8.543011] brcmfmac: brcmf_bus_started: failed: -5 [ 8.543016] brcmfmac: brcmf_pcie_attach_bus: dongle is not responding Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): linux-firmware-20171215-81.git2451bb22.fc27 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use a PC or Laptop with a wifi card that uses brcmfmac driver 2. Update your system Actual results: Wifi stops working Expected results: Wifi still working Additional info: None
It seems like i am the only one having this bug?! Its still present on my system and up to now i could circumvent it by downgrading the linux-firmware package. But now that does not work anymore. I don't know exactly whats going on but dnf seems to not find the package linux-firmware anymore. With the rpm command i still see the package: # rpm -qf /usr/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.bin linux-firmware-20171215-82.git2451bb22.fc27.noarch But with dnf its not present anymore: # dnf downgrade linux-firmware Last metadata expiration check: 0:55:36 ago on Sun Mar 4 12:49:53 2018. No package linux-firmware available. Error: No packages marked for downgrade. # dnf search linux-firmware Last metadata expiration check: 0:57:28 ago on Sun Mar 4 12:49:53 2018. No matches found. Help?
Ok i forgot that i added: excludepkgs=linux-firmware in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf. After commenting it out it works again by downgrading the linux-firmware package. Still hoping for a fix in recent version!
I have a similar issue on an old Gateway machine that has a Broadcom BCM4311 controller on the motherboard. This does not not work even when downgrading to the linux-firmware package mentioned above. I also have a usb connected linksys adapter connected to the machine, that uses a Broadcom BCM4320 and this was not working with Fedora 27 (fully updated) but does work once I downgrade the linux firmware as described above. It would be good to have both chips supported in the latest linux-firmware package.
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