CentOS EL7.4 wifi broadcom problem

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m0naLisa
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Joined: 2018/03/19 02:52:04

Re: CentOS EL7.4 wifi broadcom problem

Post by m0naLisa » 2018/03/19 19:55:58

WhatsHisName wrote:
m0naLisa wrote:[Sistemas-Dif@localhost ~]$ rpmbuild --rebuild --define 'packager Sistemas-Dif' /home/Sistemas-Dif/Descargas/wl-kmod-6_30_223_271-4.el7.elrepo.nosrc.rpm
...
advertencia:grupo tindall no existe - utilizando root
ls: no se puede acceder a /usr/src/kernels/4.15.10-1.el7*.elrepo.x86_64: No existe el fichero o el directorio
Ejecutando(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.xezi0h
...
+ echo 'This specification file has been written for use with RHEL 7 kernels only.'
This specification file has been written for use with RHEL 7 kernels only.
+ false
You are not using a stock EL7 kernel for the build.

Please post the output for "uname -r".

You can only build kmod-wl from the srpm using a standard EL7 kernel (e.g., 3.10.0-693.21.1.el7.x86_64) and the resulting kmod-wl will only function with stock kernels in the same series.

[Sistemas-Dif@localhost ~]$ uname -r
4.15.10-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64

bonedome
Posts: 201
Joined: 2017/04/22 08:11:04

Re: CentOS EL7.4 wifi broadcom problem

Post by bonedome » 2018/03/31 10:05:20

Hello
just to let you know, you should be able to use the built in reverse engineered broadcom kernel module (driver) with

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modprobe brcmsmac
I'm using it now with 4.15 elrepo kernel, the problem (for me) is a download speed of around 2 Mbit/s which is fine for general web browsing but not so good for streaming etc. I get around 36 Mbit/s with the wl module.
Fedora use the latest kernel and the fusion repo provide a wl-kmod module that works with it, I'm guessing hacking the (fusion) srpm spec file and applying the latest broadcom patches would work, I just don't know how to apply a patch to an srpm and get it to work.
I tried once but got the same problem with locking up.
Maybe an email to the fusion repo for some guidance if you must use the latest kernel, or install fedora.
The CentOS kernel may be an older version number but it's as bang up to date as 4.15 patch wise.

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