From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ORMqr-0006J6-9v for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:06:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 434FEE0B75 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:06:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DB90E07A5 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:33:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwf26 with SMTP id 26so3033041wwf.40 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:33:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=SIxWvJhnjoxNQ/CM9SRXdL7lpero4Y3bkUpeIwCNY48=; b=gwY6LbEh1E89Umo102mjIgjhiwKQobmuTwUcQIA4fuU6O96CU9QbDkzYuGxSQ1KFZr bSi2ZAXUZi5LHmLo5yPMJ81ksV6CHVDP4+tBZOhbrpS9TY4OW86mjgHDNXSzPX9f64T5 VA073scvfRRHGYui8YWU0Up6ewYP7NLgTmY4w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=DWXqbeNkuQrSCgcyRQEmUD6AsvabAm5BpAZ9sBAPrlBB7NeWwTQSCY32icFuT1c6MM TZECVZ94map1JTZCG5PpUMZ7DRv/2kOCp5dCtvFJC3VUYMgZ8h5s126sBoiZbO4GMgBO LCpET3zZX6DjoOOHEIf3Xjm9pjt8G7AYPw6XM= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.142.140 with SMTP id q12mr7235594wbu.161.1277285622871; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:33:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.162.71 with HTTP; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:33:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100623092340.665cb77c@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> References: <20100623092340.665cb77c@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:33:42 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with broadcom wireless From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: ccec19d6-9d4b-4c92-a243-b48cd8f9f6b4 X-Archives-Hash: 1e43d83787015771dc2082a566bdeb3e On 23 June 2010 09:23, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:24:00 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> I have build b43 as both a kernel module and as a built-in component. >> But neither eth1 nor wlan0 exist for either kernel configuration (eth0 >> is the hardwired ethernet) > > Are you sure this is a B43xx devices, the lspci output doesn't specify? > Some Dells use a different Broadcom card that needs the > net-wireless/broadcom-sta module to be emerged. Mine is a different Broadcom card: 05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01) but my kernel settings may help here: $ cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep -i b43 CONFIG_B43=m CONFIG_B43_PCI_AUTOSELECT=y CONFIG_B43_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT=y # CONFIG_B43_PCMCIA is not set # CONFIG_B43_SDIO is not set CONFIG_B43_PIO=y CONFIG_B43_PHY_LP=y CONFIG_B43_LEDS=y CONFIG_B43_HWRNG=y CONFIG_B43_DEBUG=y CONFIG_B43_FORCE_PIO=y # CONFIG_B43LEGACY is not set CONFIG_SSB_B43_PCI_BRIDGE=y I couldn't get it to show up until I selected the debug feature with the FORCE_PIO option. HTH -- Regards, Mick