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b43 and b43legacy are wireless drivers for Broadcom SoftMAC chipsets. Kernel will automatically pick a proper module for you:
/lib/firmware/
) so b43(legacy) can upload them to the card and run properly.To check for a present hardware model execute following command:
lspci -nn -d 14e4:
Please look carefully at device ID and chipset name.
PCI-ID | Supported? | Chip ID | Modes | PHY version | Alternative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
14e4:0576 | not tested | BCM43224 | a/b/g/n | ? | wl/brcm80211 |
14e4:4301 | yes (b43legacy) | BCM4301 | b | B | |
14e4:4306 | yes (b43legacy) | BCM4306/2 | b/g | G | |
14e4:4307 | yes | BCM4306/3 | b/g | G | |
14e4:4311 | yes | BCM4311 | b/g | G | wl |
14e4:4312 | yes | BCM4311 | a/b/g | G (r8) | wl |
14e4:4313 | not tested | BCM4311 | a | ? | wl |
no | BCM4313 | b/g/n | LCN (r1) | wl/brcm80211 | |
14e4:4315 | yes | BCM4312 | b/g | LP (r1) | wl |
14e4:4318 | yes | BCM4318 | b/g | G (r7) | |
14e4:4319 | yes | BCM4318 | a/b/g | G | |
14e4:4320 | yes (b43legacy) | BCM4306/2 | b/g | G (r1) | |
yes | BCM4306/3 | ? | G (r2) | ||
14e4:4321 | partially | BCM4321 | ? | N (r2) | |
14e4:4322 | not tested | BCM4322 | b/g/n | N (r4) | |
14e4:4324 | yes (b43legacy) | BCM4306 | a/b/g | G (r1) | |
yes | BCM4306/3 | a/b/g | G (r5) | ||
14e4:4325 | yes (b43legacy) | BCM4306/2 | b/g | G (r1) | |
14e4:4328 | partially | BCM4321 | a/b/g/n | N (r2) | wl |
14e4:4329 | partially | BCM4321 | b/g/n | N (r1) | wl |
14e4:432a | not tested | BCM4321 | a/n | N | wl |
14e4:432b | partially | BCM4322 | a/b/g/n | N (r4) | wl |
14e4:432c | yes | BCM4322 | b/g/n | N | wl |
14e4:432d | not tested | BCM4322 | a/n | N | wl |
14e4:4331 | yes (3.2-rc3+) | BCM4331 | a/b/g/n | HT (r1) | wl |
14e4:4350 | yes (3.8+) | BCM43222 | a/b/g/n | N (r6) | |
14e4:4353 | yes (3.1+) | BCM43224 | a/b/g/n | N (r6) | wl/brcm80211 |
14e4:4357 | yes (3.1+) | BCM43225 | b/g/n | N (r6) | wl/brcm80211 |
14e4:4358 | yes (3.17+) | BCM43227 | b/g/n | N (r16) | wl |
14e4:4359 | yes (3.17+) | BCM43228 | a/b/g/n | N (r16) | wl |
14e4:4360 | no | BCM4360 | ? | AC (r1) | |
14e4:4365 | no | BCM43142 | b/g/n | LCN40 (r3) | wl |
14e4:43a0 | no | BCM4360 | a/b/g/n/ac | AC? | wl |
no | BCM4352 | a/b/g/n/ac | ? | wl | |
14e4:43a9 | yes (3.17+) | BCM43217 | b/g/n | N (r17) | |
14e4:43aa | yes (3.17+) | BCM43131 | b/g/n | N (r17) | |
14e4:43b1 | no | BCM4352 | a/b/g/n/ac | AC (r3) | wl |
14e4:4727 | no | BCM4313 | b/g/n | LCN (r1) | wl/brcm80211 |
14e4:a8d6 | not tested | BCM43222 | ? | N (6) | |
14e4:a8d8 | yes (3.6+) | BCM43224 | a/b/g/n | N (r6) | brcm80211 |
yes (3.6+) | BCM43225 | ? | N (r6) | brcm80211 | |
14e4:a8db | yes (3.17+) | BCM43217 | b/g/n | N (r17) | |
14e4:a99d | not tested | BCM43421? | ? | ? | wl |
In case of any problem, please start with providing hardware model (including ID) and description of the issue.