[elrepo] [elrepo-devel] Broken kmod-compat-wireless package

[Phil Perry]

On 10/08/12 22:43, ni at centergate.net wrote:
> I lied, dmesg shows the following:
>
> Compat-wireless backport release: compat-wireless-v3.5-3
> Backport based on linux-stable.git v3.5
> compat.git: linux-stable.git
> bcma-pci-bridge 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A ->  GSI 17 (level, low) ->  IRQ 17
> bcma-pci-bridge 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> bcma: Found chip with id 0x4313, rev 0x01 and package 0x08
> bcma: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x800, rev 0x24, class 0x0)
> bcma: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x812, rev 0x18, class 0x0)
> bcma: Core 2 found: PCIe (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x820, rev 0x11, class 0x0)
> bcma: Bus registered
>
>
> Nick
>

Hi Nick,

I can confirm from your Vendor:Device ID [14e4:4727] that the bcma 
driver is the correct driver for your device:

[phil at rhel6b64 ~]$ grep -i 14e4 /lib/modules/*/modules.alias | grep -i 4727
/lib/modules/2.6.32-279.2.1.el6.x86_64/modules.alias:alias 
pci:v000014E4d00004727sv*sd*bc*sc*i* bcma

Looking back at your previous thread, you mentioned this link:

http://grokbase.com/t/centos/centos/125s7snzw1/support-for-broadcom-bcm4313

which also mentions the brcmsmac driver and also some firmware that 
needs to be downloaded and installed. I think you will may need to 
manually load (modprobe) the brcmsmac driver too, at which point I see 
(keep in mind I don't have the hardware):

# lsmod | grep brc
brcmsmac              544554  0
mac80211              286661  1 brcmsmac
brcmutil                5237  1 brcmsmac
cfg80211              193492  2 brcmsmac,mac80211
compat_firmware_class     7614  1 brcmsmac
bcma                   29837  1 brcmsmac
compat                 26336  5 
brcmsmac,mac80211,cfg80211,compat_firmware_class,bcma

Then check /var/log/messages and/or dmesg for hints on any firmware 
required, but it looks like you will need to grab the firmware as 
described above.

Regards,

Phil