Bug 213880 - BCM4318 wifi card doesn't work with bcm43xx driver
Summary: BCM4318 wifi card doesn't work with bcm43xx driver
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 198071
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 6
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: John W. Linville
QA Contact: Brian Brock
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-11-03 16:29 UTC by Matěj Cepl
Modified: 2018-04-11 11:28 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2006-11-06 19:15:06 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
identification information for firmware (621 bytes, text/plain)
2006-11-03 20:07 UTC, Matěj Cepl
no flags Details
Output of dmesg with some nice oopses (26.67 KB, text/plain)
2006-11-03 20:11 UTC, Matěj Cepl
no flags Details
part of /var/log/messages corresponding to the attachment 140309 (12.88 KB, text/plain)
2006-11-03 20:15 UTC, Matěj Cepl
no flags Details
Another attempt to get bcm43xx working, another oopses (56.46 KB, text/plain)
2006-11-03 20:27 UTC, Matěj Cepl
no flags Details
/var/log/messages corresponding to the attachment 140311 (9.08 KB, text/plain)
2006-11-03 20:50 UTC, Matěj Cepl
no flags Details

Description Matěj Cepl 2006-11-03 16:29:41 UTC
Description of problem:
Using bcm43xx driver I am not able to connect to the wireless network even in
the situation when the same computer is easily able to connect with ndiswrapper.
See attached logs for more details.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1.install bcm43xx drivers by copying
/usr/share/doc/bcm43xx-fwcutter-005/modprobe.bcm43xx to /etc/modprobe.d
2.run modprobe -v bcm43xx
3.
  
Actual results:
Device eth1 is created, iwscan eth1 scan gives some results, but ifup eth1
doesn't get any results (even when with ndiswrapper, computer can connect)

Expected results:
Computer is able to connect to wifi network.

Additional info:
I have been discussing this issue with upstream developers for more than a year,
and their opinion is that bcm43xx driver doesn't support well my BCM4318 chipset
(when searching
http://search.gmane.org/?query=bcm4318&group=gmane.linux.drivers.bcm54xx.devel
you can see that there more reports with this card not working without any
proper resolution).
The type of firmware used is indicated, I am not sure about particular URL where
I got it from, but it was widely recommended on the above mentioned list as
working (I can attach it to this bug of course, if needed).

Comment 1 Matěj Cepl 2006-11-03 20:07:58 UTC
Created attachment 140308 [details]
identification information for firmware

Comment 2 Matěj Cepl 2006-11-03 20:11:14 UTC
Created attachment 140309 [details]
Output of dmesg with some nice oopses

Comment 3 Matěj Cepl 2006-11-03 20:15:21 UTC
Created attachment 140310 [details]
part of /var/log/messages corresponding to the attachment 140309 [details]

Comment 4 Matěj Cepl 2006-11-03 20:27:35 UTC
Created attachment 140311 [details]
Another attempt to get bcm43xx working, another oopses

Comment 5 Matěj Cepl 2006-11-03 20:50:59 UTC
Created attachment 140317 [details]
/var/log/messages corresponding to the attachment 140311 [details]

Comment 6 John W. Linville 2006-11-06 19:15:06 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 198071 ***


Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.