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How do I get my BCM43228 card working in mainline kernel 3.4 or higher?

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I followed https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds to install kernel 3.4 and 3.5 from debs.

Unfortunately after booting I can't connect to the internet cause I have problems with my network device BCM43228. The proprietary driver cannot be activated.

Jockey logs have:

2012-07-08 22:13:06,796 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm43xx: blacklisted, b43: blacklisted, b43legacy: blacklisted

2012-07-08 22:13:06,854 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm43xx: blacklisted, b43: blacklisted, b43legacy: blacklisted

2012-07-08 22:13:06,873 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm43xx: blacklisted, b43: blacklisted, b43legacy: blacklisted

2012-07-08 22:13:08,843 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm43xx: blacklisted, b43: blacklisted, b43legacy: blacklisted

2012-07-08 22:13:12,818 WARNING: modinfo for module wl failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module wl

2012-07-08 22:13:12,819 WARNING: /sys/module/wl/drivers does not exist, cannot rebind wl driver

and trying to do:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall bcmwl-kernel-source

results in:

Reading package lists...

Building dependency tree...

Reading state information...

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Need to get 0 B/1,151 kB of archives.

After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.

(Reading database ... 314137 files and directories currently installed.)

Preparing to replace bcmwl-kernel-source 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6.1 (using .../bcmwl-kernel-source_5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6.1_amd64.deb) ...

Removing all DKMS Modules

Done.

Unpacking replacement bcmwl-kernel-source ...

Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6.1) ...

Loading new bcmwl-5.100.82.38+bdcom DKMS files...

Building only for 3.5.0-030500rc6-generic

Building for architecture x86_64

Building initial module for 3.5.0-030500rc6-generic

ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-3.5.0-030500rc6-generic is not supported

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.5.0-030500rc6-generic (x86_64)

Consult /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.100.82.38+bdcom/build/make.log for more information.

update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)

Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-030500rc6-generic

Is there any support for this driver in linux >= 3.4?

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answered 1 Year ago feeous · Accepted Answer

If you read the wiki, might I draw your attention to this bit:

By definition the mainline kernel builds are made from virgin unaltered mainline kernel sources and therefore do not, and should not, include any Ubuntu patches or drivers. There are also no binary drivers for these kernels.

Rather than the mainline builds, you will usually have better luck with the kernels for the next alpha/beta version (in this case, 12.10 Quantal Alpha 2), which should have binary drivers available:

Get the 12.10 bcmwl-kernel-source package from the below link and try installing it with dpkg:

http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/restricted/b/bcmwl/bcmwl-kernel-source_5.100.82.112%2bbdcom-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb

If that doesn't work on your mainline build, install the 12.10 3.5 kernel images/headers, and then try again:



http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-headers-3.5.0-4_3.5.0-4.4_all.deb

http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-headers-3.5.0-4-generic_3.5.0-4.4_amd64.deb

http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-3.5.0-4-generic_3.5.0-4.4_amd64.deb

http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-extra-3.5.0-4-generic_3.5.0-4.4_amd64.deb

Note: Since you look like someone who should be fairly handy with this :), may I recommend you consider replacing the awful binary-only Broadcom card with one of the excellent Intel 6205 or 6300 half-mini-PCIe cards, which have fully open-source driver support in the vanilla kernel?