On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 5:41 AM, Dario Lesca <d.le...@solinos.it> wrote:
> On this Asus EeePC seashell series Notebook: > http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_e9f34fbb-dd9d-4b7d-8c77-027292c81297 > > After kernel update to 3.6.[12] (plus relative kmod-wl* module) the WiFi > stop work > > I have found this article: > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1176829 > > then I have install the akmod driver and I have apply to .spec file this > patch: > > > [root@ludvic ~]# diff -Naur rpmbuild/SPECS/wl-kmod.spec.orig > rpmbuild/SPECS/wl-kmod.spec > > --- rpmbuild/SPECS/wl-kmod.spec.orig 2012-10-22 22:57:55.284478328 > +0200 > > +++ rpmbuild/SPECS/wl-kmod.spec 2012-10-22 22:32:17.134583423 +0200 > > @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ > > %build > > for kernel_version in %{?kernel_versions}; do > > pushd _kmod_build_${kernel_version%%___*} > > - make -C ${kernel_version##*___} M=`pwd` modules > > + make -C ${kernel_version##*___} M=`pwd` modules API=WEXT > > popd > > done > > Rebuild with "rpmbuild -ba rpmbuild/SPECS/wl-kmod.spec", remove old > module "rmmod wl", uninstall and reinstall new RPMS generated, reload > module "modprobe wl", and test it: > > Now WiFi work > > Hope this help > > Many thanks > > -- > Dario Lesca - sip:da...@solinos.it > (Inviato dal mio Linux Fedora 17 Gnome3) > > -- > devel mailing list > devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel my laptop has 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01) and it works great with the 3.6.x kernel in F18 out of the box, in earlier releases I had to use the kmod-wl driver. Have you tried to remove all the wl stuff and see if it work without, if you have kmod-wl installed it will black list the kernel buildin BCM4313 drivers. You can also try to boot an F18 Live cd to check if it works. in tree drivers is preferred over out of tree ones :) Tim
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