[elrepo] kmod-compat-wireless - and BCM4313 [14e4:4727]

[ni at centergate.net]

Nux,

> See if this helps:
> http://www.nux.ro/archive/2012/05/Get_Broadcom_BCM43xx_WIFI_working_in_Centos6_ScientificLinux6_RHEL6.html


So I un-installed everything. Also removed all the b43 stuff that came
with the system:

YUM erase:
kmod-compat-wireless
b43-firmware.noarch
b43-tools.x86_64
b43-fwcutter.x86_64

lsmod | grep "b43\|ssb\|bcma\|wl\|brcm"
*Output of the above command doesn't show anything (so nothing  is loaded).

modprobe blacklist:
blacklist ssb
blacklist wl
blacklist bcma

lspci -vnn

03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313
802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Dell Inspiron M5010 / XPS 8300 [1028:0010]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
	Memory at e4b00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information <?>
	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-c4-ff-ff-f4-68-a3
	Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>


I rebooted, then I installed the package you recommended:

rpm -ivh b43-firmware-5.10.56.27.3-2.el6.noarch.rpm
Preparing...                ###########################################
[100%]
   1:b43-firmware           ###########################################
[100%]

There are a large number of files in "/lib/firmware/b43". Initially
after the reboot, the following command didn't produce any output:

lsmod | grep "b43\|ssb\|bcma\|wl\|brcm"

Did:

depmod -a
modprobe b43
lsmod | grep "b43\|ssb\|bcma\|wl\|brcm"
b43                   212311  0
mac80211              213575  1 b43
cfg80211              188399  2 b43,mac80211
ssb                    57891  1 b43
mmc_core               77140  2 b43,ssb

Unfortunately I'm not seeing a Kernel module or a Kernel driver being
used for the Wireless Controller:

03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313
802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Dell Inspiron M5010 / XPS 8300 [1028:0010]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
	Memory at e4b00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information <?>
	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-c4-ff-ff-f4-68-a3
	Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>


I feel like I'm missing a step.

Thoughts?

Cheers,
Nick