** Attachment added: "dmesg with the correct firmware" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware-raspi2/+bug/2013027/+attachment/5681292/+files/dmesg-new.log
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-firmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2013027 Title: Issues over broadcom brcmfmac43455 firmware Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux-firmware-raspi2 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Hi, I have a Kodlix Z83-II minicomputer that employs a broadcom chipset for WIFI. The only way to make wifi on that PC work is to use the firmware from the windows image, even if that chipset is apparently managed in ubuntu. With the firmware files provided by ubuntu you get no 5GHz for wifi. The problem is that every time ubuntu updates the firmware package, firmware files dropped in /lib/firmware get overwritten, linking to some file in the cypress sub-directory. - Ideally, Ubuntu should provide all the firmware files that might be needed. Maybe this is not possible as there is a too large variety of different firmwares for broadcom chipsets or licesing issues preventing distribution. - As a second possibility, there should be a way to drop files in /lib/firmware 'side to side' to the distro ones, without having the risk of finding the manually added files rewritten. This implies that different pieces of hardware use firmware files with different filenames. Don't know if this is truly possible, as I do not know how the linux kernel decides the name of the firmware to load. - In cases like mine, it seems that the ubuntu firmware package puts in place symlinks to have brcmfmac43455 files point to the corresponding cypress cyfmac43455 files. Possibly, the package could avoid creating the symlinks if a brcmfmac43455 file is manually placed in lib/firmware. - As a last resort, I think that the documentation in `/usr/share/doc/linux-firmware` should be augmented to describe the most appropriate way to prevent custom firmware files from being rewritten: marking files not-writable? introducing diversions? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/2013027/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
