ok... here's a basic solution for the issue I faced with the dell/broadcom wireless card/nic. unning lspci -nn | grep AR8162 lspci -nn | grep RTL8188EE or lspci -n grep '01:00.0' 01:00.0 0200: 1969:1090 (rev 10) lspci -n grep '02:00.0' 02:00.0 0280: 10ec:8179 (rev 01) unning lspci -nn | grep BCM4313 lspci -nn | grep AR8152 or lspci -n grep '03:00.0' 01:00.0 0200: 1969:1090 (rev 10) lspci -n grep '04:00.0' 02:00.0 0280: 10ec:8179 (rev 01) broadcom - BCM4313 14e4:4727 atheros - AR8152 :: eth 1969:2060 pci 1969:2060 kmod-atl1e atl1e.ko ------from google/search http://elrepo.org/tiki/wl-kmod http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el6/x86_64/RPMS/kmod-atl1e-1.0.1.14-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm however, for the broadcom, it appears need to build from src.. yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' yum install redhat-lsb <<< this didn't result in any file being downloaded yum install kernel-devel-$(uname -r) yum reinstall gcc --downloadonly --downloaddir=/dell yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' --downloadonly --downloaddir=/dell for the groupinstall.. had to do a bunch of yum reinstall steps create tmp dir, with all the rpm files.. $mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/{BUILD,RPMS,SPECS,SOURCES,SRPMS} $echo -e "%_topdir $(echo $HOME)/rpmbuild\n%dist .el$(lsb_release -s -r|cut -d"." -f1).local" >> ~/.rpmmacros from: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php (external link) to: ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ wget http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el6/SRPMS/wl-kmod-6_30_223_141-2.el6.elrepo.nosrc.rpm -O $ rpmbuild --rebuild --target=`uname -m` --define 'packager <your-name>' /<path-to-nosrc.rpm>/wl-kmod*nosrc.rpm ... Wrote: /home/<user>/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/kmod-wl-<version>.x86_64.rpm ... + exit 0 (Note: The rpmbuild option --target=`uname -m` is only required for EL5 32-bit builds.) # # ok - for the above build step, you need to make sure you copy the # tar file from the broadcom site for the 32/64 bit system # # the build process uses the complete tar file, so it doesn't have to be # extracted # once you build the process, you get an actual rpm in the RPMS dir of the rpmbuild tree that you can use/install, to actually have the kmod-wl driver for the broadcom nic. # modprobe -r b43 b43legacy ssb wl lib80211 # modprobe -r bcma (Note: needed for EL 6.4 and later) # modprobe lib80211_crypt_tkip # modprobe wl eth0 issue:: ok - to get the p5p1 to be seen as the eth0 did a system-config-network-tui from the term/cmdline selected the p5p1 and changed the name to eth0, added the rest of the required fields saved the data -this seemed to generate the /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules file -did a reboot and the system now shows via ifconfig -a eth0 instead of p5p1 as the eth device... On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Jack Craig <jack.craig.aptos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > i suggest untar it... > > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 3:10 PM, bruce <badouglas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hi. >> >> I know this is a "centos" issue, but I've searched, can't find an >> answer, and thought the answer might be helpful to others. Feel free >> to flame away if I stepped on your toes! >> >> I'm following the steps to build the driver/module as describe in the url >> >> http://elrepo.org/tiki/wl-kmod >> >> The step I'm confused on is the step 4) >> >> 4) Download the Broadcom driver matching your architecture (i.e., >> 32-bit vs 64-bit): >> >> from: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php >> to: ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ >> >> >> The tar.gz file for the driver is listed on the page, but I'm not sure >> if I'm supposed to place the entire tar.gz file in the "SOURCES" dir >> (doubtful) or if i'm supposed to untar it, which will then have the >> underlying dirs from the tar file in the SOURCES dir... >> >> Or, if I'm supposed to follow the readme listed on the broadcom page, >> and build the wl.ko. >> >> Once I get this resolved, the rest should work ok... >> >> Thanks for any pointers/feedback. >> >> 'ppreciate it >> -- >> users mailing list >> users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct >> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > > > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
