# Broadcom under Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow) **URL:** \ **Category:** Linux\ **Created:** [May 12, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/broadcom-under-fedora-18-spherical-cow/328351 "2013-05-12T17:52:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skrynesaver](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/skrynesaver/32/14143_2.png) [@Skrynesaver](https://community.unix.com/u/Skrynesaver)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/broadcom-under-fedora-18-spherical-cow/328351/1 "2013-05-12T17:52:08Z")
So I'm having a problem getting a Broadcom BCM4312 wireless controller to work under the broadcom-wl module ```nohighlight $uname Linux 3.8.11-200.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed May 1 19:44:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ``` ```nohighlight lspci -v 05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 Memory at f0900000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) Capabilities: Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge ``` however the b43-pci-bridge module is not listed in lsmod output dmesg report on modprobe wl ```nohighlight [339.684529] lib80211: common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers [339.684536] lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL' [339.757223] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain [339.833444] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel. [339.833448] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint [339.905673] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: [339.905679] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) [339.905683] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [339.905687] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [339.905690] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [339.905694] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [339.905697] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) ``` ```nohighlight $ iwconfig p12p1 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. ``` ```nohighlight lsmod | sort Module Size Used by be2iscsi 98059 0 bluetooth 359871 7 bnep bnep 19701 2 bnx2i 54714 0 cfg80211 495993 1 wl cnic 62777 1 bnx2i coretemp 13435 0 crc32c_intel 22079 0 crc_itu_t 12613 1 firewire_core cxgb3 155601 1 cxgb3i cxgb3i 32950 0 cxgb4 126625 1 cxgb4i cxgb4i 32879 0 dcdbas 14787 1 dell_laptop dell_laptop 17369 0 dm_crypt 22844 2 drm 264680 5 ttm,drm_kms_helper,radeon drm_kms_helper 46708 1 radeon ebtable_filter 12827 0 ebtable_nat 12807 0 ebtables 30757 2 ebtable_nat,ebtable_filter edac_core 56455 1 i7core_edac firewire_core 62460 1 firewire_ohci firewire_ohci 44411 0 fuse 77970 3 i2c_algo_bit 13257 1 radeon i2c_core 38353 6 drm,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,radeon,videodev i2c_i801 18135 0 i7core_edac 24122 0 ib_addr 13785 1 rdma_cm ib_cm 41725 1 rdma_cm ib_core 74064 6 rdma_cm,ib_cm,ib_sa,iw_cm,ib_mad,ib_iser ib_iser 37805 0 ib_mad 46340 2 ib_cm,ib_sa ib_sa 32955 2 rdma_cm,ib_cm ip6table_filter 12815 1 ip6table_mangle 12700 1 ip6_tables 26808 2 ip6table_filter,ip6table_mangle ip6t_REJECT 12939 2 iptable_mangle 12695 1 iptable_nat 13011 1 ipt_MASQUERADE 12880 1 ir_jvc_decoder 12751 0 ir_lirc_codec 13021 0 ir_mce_kbd_decoder 13248 0 ir_nec_decoder 12915 0 ir_rc5_decoder 12710 0 ir_rc6_decoder 12874 0 ir_sanyo_decoder 12839 0 ir_sony_decoder 12713 0 iscsi_boot_sysfs 15641 1 be2iscsi iscsi_tcp 18333 0 iTCO_vendor_support 13419 1 iTCO_wdt iTCO_wdt 13480 0 ite_cir 25728 0 iw_cm 18221 1 rdma_cm joydev 17377 0 kvm 438094 1 kvm_intel kvm_intel 132873 0 lib80211 13968 1 wl libcxgbi 56492 2 cxgb3i,cxgb4i libiscsi 50542 8 libiscsi_tcp,bnx2i,cxgb3i,cxgb4i,be2iscsi,iscsi_tcp,ib_iser,libcxgbi libiscsi_tcp 24176 4 cxgb3i,cxgb4i,iscsi_tcp,libcxgbi lirc_dev 19504 1 ir_lirc_codec lpc_ich 17061 0 macvlan 18731 1 macvtap macvtap 18240 1 vhost_net mdio 13435 1 cxgb3 media 20444 2 uvcvideo,videodev mfd_core 13182 1 lpc_ich microcode 23448 0 mmc_core 107478 2 ssb,sdhci nf_conntrack 84243 9 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,ipt_MASQUERADE,nf_nat,nf_nat_ipv4,xt_conntrack,nf_conntrack_broadcast,iptable_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_conntrack_broadcast 12527 1 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_ipv4 14808 20 nf_conntrack_ipv6 18782 23 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns 12665 0 nf_defrag_ipv4 12673 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv6 18205 1 nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_nat 25641 3 ipt_MASQUERADE,nf_nat_ipv4,iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 13199 1 iptable_nat pps_core 18854 1 ptp ptp 18413 1 tg3 radeon 941765 3 rc_core 26700 11 ir_lirc_codec,ir_rc5_decoder,ir_nec_decoder,ir_sony_decoder,ir_mce_kbd_decoder,ir_jvc_decoder,ir_rc6_decoder,ir_sanyo_decoder,ite_cir,rc_rc6_mce rc_rc6_mce 12502 0 rdma_cm 42166 1 ib_iser rfkill 21736 4 cfg80211,bluetooth scsi_transport_iscsi 57490 8 bnx2i,be2iscsi,iscsi_tcp,ib_iser,libcxgbi,libiscsi sdhci 37876 1 sdhci_pci sdhci_pci 18660 0 snd 79379 22 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device snd_hda_codec 132514 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec_hdmi 36748 1 snd_hda_codec_idt 70256 1 snd_hda_intel 43715 7 snd_hwdep 17650 1 snd_hda_codec snd_page_alloc 18268 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel snd_pcm 98004 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel snd_seq 64877 0 snd_seq_device 14136 1 snd_seq snd_timer 28690 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq soundcore 14491 1 snd ssb 66110 0 sunrpc 256499 1 tcp_lp 12663 0 tg3 157745 0 ttm 79629 1 radeon tun 27097 1 vhost_net uinput 17614 0 uio 19044 1 cnic uvcvideo 80924 0 vhost_net 33984 0 video 18991 0 videobuf2_core 38816 1 uvcvideo videobuf2_memops 13161 1 videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_vmalloc 13163 1 uvcvideo videodev 120947 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core wl 2596563 0 wmi 18697 0 xt_conntrack 12760 42 ``` Should I give up on a native driver and use ndsiwrapper, or is there something I'm missing? ---
**Author:** ![Corona688](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/corona688/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@Corona688](https://community.unix.com/u/Corona688)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 11:46am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/broadcom-under-fedora-18-spherical-cow/328351/2 "2013-05-13T11:46:35Z")
If you have b43 anything built into your kernel this will interfere with using the wl module. ---
**Author:** ![Skrynesaver](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/skrynesaver/32/14143_2.png) [@Skrynesaver](https://community.unix.com/u/Skrynesaver)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/broadcom-under-fedora-18-spherical-cow/328351/3 "2013-05-14T01:54:14Z")
So you reckon the b43-pci-bridge is compiled into the kernel rather than a built as a module? And you're correct, grep -i b43 /boot/config-3.8.11-200.fc18.x86\_64 shows lot's with a y rather than an m Time to recompile the kernel then I guess.