[FS#813] Please update b43 wifi driver to support BCM43227 on Arcadyan AR7516

LEDE Bugs lede-bugs at lists.infradead.org
Sat May 27 05:33:41 PDT 2017


A new Flyspray task has been opened.  Details are below. 

User who did this - _ (acazr) 

Attached to Project - LEDE Project
Summary - Please update b43 wifi driver to support BCM43227 on Arcadyan AR7516
Task Type - Feature Request
Category - Base system
Status - Unconfirmed
Assigned To - 
Operating System - All
Severity - Medium
Priority - Very Low
Reported Version - All
Due in Version - Undecided
Due Date - Undecided
Details - 
  * Problem occurs on EE Brightbox 1 (Arcadyan AR7516)

  * Software version is lede 17.01.1, r3316-7eb58cf109 (https://downloads.lede-project.org/releases/17.01.1/targets/brcm63xx/generic/lede-17.01.1-brcm63xx-generic-A4001N-squashfs-cfe.bin)

  * Steps to reproduce:

root at LEDE:~# uci set wireless.radio0.type=b43
root at LEDE:~# uci set wireless.radio0.disabled=0
root at LEDE:~# /etc/init.d/network restart
radio0(b43): Interface type not supported
root at LEDE:~# dmesg | grep b43
[   13.580064] b43-phy0: Broadcom 43227 WLAN found (core revision 30)
[   13.587339] b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 9, Type 4 (N), Revision 16
[   13.593738] b43-phy0: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, ID 0x2057, Revision 9, Version 1
[  578.063846] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 666.2 (2011-02-23 01:15:07)


Please update b43 from version 666.2 to a more recent version that supports BCM43227

BCM43227 is listed in supported hardware on https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/b43

More information can be found at the following URL:
https://bugs.lede-project.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=813



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