How to install native broadcom drivers for BCM4311, BCM4312, BCM4321, and BCM4322

[IncendiumDCLXVI]

Ayuthia,
Thank you for responding to me so quickly again. I was able to get it working by just uninstalling and reinstalling the driver. Hopefully that isn't just a temporary fix. If I run into this issue again I will be sure to try your suggestion.

Incendium

[DarkTide]

I get the following error:
ahid@RockerGeek:~/hybrid_wl$ sudo make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M='pwd'
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `pwd/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o', needed by `pwd/wl.o'. Stop.
make: *** [_module_pwd] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic'
what do you think?
Intrepid
HP2070ee tablet pc.
BCM4312

[Ayuthia]

I get the following error:
ahid@RockerGeek:~/hybrid_wl$ sudo make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M='pwd'
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `pwd/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o', needed by `pwd/wl.o'. Stop.
make: *** [_module_pwd] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic'
what do you think?
Intrepid
HP2070ee tablet pc.
BCM4312

You used a single quote for m='pwd' instead of the back quote "`" so it should have read:

sudo make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd`

If I remember correctly you can also do:

sudo make -C /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/buld M= $(pwd)

and it will do the same thing but not use the quotes.

Hope that helps.

[stekre]

I'm having PROBLEMS with a BCM4311 card. Tried everything I can find for the last 2 days. I'm running jolicloud 1.2, but since it's based on ubuntu i hope you can help me.

It seems like everything is installed, but the driver isn't activated.

Here is the listing from: lshw -c network

*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:40400000-40403fff


I find the card under administration->hardware drivers, Broadcom STA wireless driver. But when I try to activate it I get this error:

SystemError:InstallArchives() failed

When I install the driver from synaptic I get this error:

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.35.10-1-jolicloud (i686)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.6.48.36+bdcom/build/ for more information.


Would be great if someone could help me to fix this.

[MasterNetra]

Have a BCM4312 myself and found a workaround!

Pretty simple actually, just install maverick's bcmwl-kernel-source!

Link to the driver: http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/bcmwl-kernel-source

[garypeg]

Sorry, should have marked this Resolved long ago.

[saa1959b]

Download the appropriate driver

1. I downloaded the 64 bit version of the driver from http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
   It's important that you get the correct version, as the 32 and 64 bit versions are not compatible.
2. Make the .ko file
   First, make a temporary directory
   

   mkdir wdriver

   ... and place the downloaded package into it (hybrid-portsrc-_64_5_10_27_6.tar.gz, or hybrid-portsrc-x86_32_5_10_27_6.tar.gz for the 32 bit version)
   Then 'cd' into the temporary directory and un-tar the file.
   

   cd wdriver
   tar -xzf hybrid-portsrc-x86_64_5_10_27_6.tar.gz

   Now, we want to make the wl.ko file, so we enter:
   (<2.6.xx.xx> is your kernel version: mine was "2.6.24-19-generic". Use tab-completion to find yours.)
   

   make -C /lib/modules/<2.6.xx.xx>/build M=`pwd` clean
    make -C /lib/modules/<2.6.xx.xx>/build M=`pwd`

# make -C /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/build M=`pwd` clean
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic'
  CLEAN   /home/saa1959/Downloads/wdriver/.tmp_versions
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic'

# make -C /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/build M=`pwd`
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic'
  LD      /home/saa1959/Downloads/wdriver/built-in.o
  CC [M]  /home/saa1959/Downloads/wdriver/src/shared/linux_osl.o
  CC [M]  /home/saa1959/Downloads/wdriver/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o
/home/saa1959/Downloads/wdriver/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c: In function ‘wl_attach’:
/home/saa1959/Downloads/wdriver/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:485:3: error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_MUTEX’
make[1]: *** [/home/saa1959/Downloads/wdriver/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o] Error 1
make: *** [_module_/home/saa1959/Downloads/wdriver] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic'

Also see http://pastebin.com/5gV1YvaY

How do I successfully make the .ko file?

[davequig]

I'm at step 4 but when I input: sudo modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip
I get: FATAL: Module ieee80211_crypt_tkip not found

Then when I input: sudo insmod wl.ko
I get: insmod: error inserting 'wl.ko' : -1 Unknown symbol in module



Please help. Thanks.

[stefounet]

Hello. I realize this is an old thread and all relevant answers may already be around. Anyway, here is a link that worked like a charm for me, no compilation needed. Summarized:
1. Identify the PCI-ID of your device by typing lspci -vnn -d 14e4:
2. Look it up in the "Supported devices" table provided in the link
3. If your PCI-ID is supported, you're in luck, because there is a package that will do all the work for you (see "Device firmware installation"). If not, well, I am not sure...

Good luck!

[wildmanne39]

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