wireless drivers (broadcom)

[boyska]

broadcom wireless don't work. It is not so rare, unfortunately

[boyska]

https://git-tails.immerda.ch/tails/tree/config/chroot_local-preseed/firmware

[ghost]

I'm working on this here: https://github.com/vinc3nt/freepto-lb/tree/broadcom

[ghost]

The following img file can be used to test this issue:

http://dev.freepto.mx/dev/broadcom/2014-02-09_17.19_v0.1.2-STABLE-50-ge03a72a-it_IT.UTF-8/

[boyska]

For testers: you should check that the wireless work flawlessly without doing anything. Just networkmanager, clickclick, ok.

Usage of qemu/virtualbox is NOT possible to test this issue; you must put the image to a pendrive and boot from there.

[AreYouLoco]

I got broadcom wireless on my netbook. Will try that image later.

[boyska]

great! let us know of any annoyance

[AreYouLoco]

No it doesn't work. nm-applet says that firmware is missing.

I used image: http://dev.freepto.mx/dev/broadcom/2014-02-09_17.19_v0.1.2-STABLE-50-ge03a72a-it_IT.UTF-8/2014-02-09_17.19_v0.1.2-STABLE-50-ge03a72a-it_IT.UTF-8.img
Command (simply): sudo make_freepto -i %that_image_name% %my_usb_device%

I haven't changed boot parameters I've simply booted i486 (of course). Dmesg:

b43 ssb0:0: firmware: agent aborted loading b43/ucode15.fw (not found?)
b43 ssb0:0: firmware: agent aborted loading b43-open/ucode15.fw (not found?)
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.

Hardware: Compaq HP Mini CQ10-130CA
Wireless: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)

[boyska]

well, that's a pity. Anyway @AreYouLoco thanks a lot for testing!

[AreYouLoco]

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No problem. Fell free to prepare a new image to test:D

AreYouLoco
https://github.com/AreYouLoco thanks a lot for testing!

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[ghost]

the provided freepto img doesn't include all needed commits. I'm sorry about that.

Could you try with the following?
http://dev.freepto.mx/dev/broadcom/2014-07-14_21.36_v0.1.2-STABLE-84-g828ee89-it_IT.UTF-8/

Many thanks

[AreYouLoco]

It's even worse.

Network manager doesn't show up any wireless extension like there is no wireless card.
dmesg show up nothing but I can see my device in lspci.

I would try a few things but: iwconfig, ifconfig, modprobe -> commands not found.
And if I didn;'t make any changes the defauld root password should be freepto but it seems incorrect don't know why.

[boyska]

no, freepto is the cryptsetup password. The user password (the one you
use to get sudo) is live.
Can you try to investigate more, now that sudo should work?

[ghost]

It's very strange.
As stated on the Linux Wireless website, you chip (BCM4312) seems to be fully supported by the b43 driver.

Please check if the module has been loaded at boot.

Many thanks

[AreYouLoco]

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It's very strange. As stated on the Linux Wireless website
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Supported_devices,

you chip (BCM4312) seems to be fully supported by the b43 driver.

Please check if the module has been loaded at boot.

Many thanks

So. I manually loaded b43 module (sudo modprobe b43) and after that
wifi showed up in NM. Tried connection. Everything works fine. (Even
Tor). I knew that b43 fully support my device and it do. But maybe
more testing would be necessary. Maybe someone with another wifi card.

I think that this module should be loaded automatically. A standard
freepto end-user shouldn't be bothered by module loading. And probably
he/she wouldn't even know the correct module. So it must be automatic.

I don't know how kernel determines which modules to load.

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[boyska]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 02:24:36PM -0700, AreYouLoco? wrote:

I think that this module should be loaded automatically. A standard
freepto end-user shouldn't be bothered by module loading. And probably
he/she wouldn't even know the correct module. So it must be automatic.

sure! Anyway, this seems to be a good start.
Could we just try to load it always, and then just ignore if the
modprobe fails, assuming that it is just not needed for the current
hardware? Or an udev rule?

[ghost]

Could you please try the last build? Download

Now the b43 module should be loaded at boot

Cheers

[AreYouLoco]

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Yeah sure.

Please wait....

Could you please try the last build? Download
http://dev.freepto.mx/dev/broadcom/2014-07-22_13.14_v0.1.2-STABLE-85-g07f1596-it_IT.UTF-8/

Now the b43 module should be loaded at boot

Cheers

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[ghost]

@AreYouLoco Have you had any luck with this testing yet? are you still available? looks like you are the only one with a broadcom nic...

[ghost]

How to test

Image: download image
Virtualization: No. bare metal required.
Other requirements: Broadcom WiFi NIC required
What to do:

1. Check if the modules b43 will be loaded at boot (#lsmod | grep b43)
2. If so, try a wireless connection

[AreYouLoco]

Sorry for delay I was offline in other country. I will check tonight when I get home. Cheers. Will post resault in less than 10h.

[ghost]

That's great! Many thanks.

[ghost]

Bug from tails-dev:
https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/7798

[ghost]

moved to v1.1 as there haven't been tests on it