0006986: missing network driver - Kali Linux Bug Tracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0006986	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2021-01-11 05:15	2021-01-12 00:54

Reporter	ddyer	Assigned To	steev
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	resolved	Resolution	not fixable
Product Version	2020.4

Summary	0006986: missing network driver
Description	My hack "because I can" was to install Kali on an ancient x32 Inspiron laptop. It all went well, except that the network driver was not found, although it was correctly named. BTW, no amount of futzing around with the named driver on "removable media" as suggested by the complaint from the installer will work. Thanks for including the correct driver name, but the details of how to package it for the installation process are competely missing. After installing with no internet, I found the drivers, copied them to /lib/fimware/bfms/ and now all is well with the network. It would be super cool if the drivers were included in a future package. Now for the payload: the necessary files are -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 400864 Sep 23 01:11 brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1620 Jul 5 2020 brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt which can be acquired at https://github.com/wkennington/linux-firmware/blob/master/brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin https://gist.github.com/spacemeowx2/3fb19762b128875d1cbf59f99e7554b5
Attached Files	brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin (400,864 bytes) brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt (1,620 bytes) # /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt works on my CHUWI Hibox # previous version 5G does not work manfid=0x2d0 prodid=0x0653 vendid=0x14e4 devid=0x4386 boardtype=0x0653 boardrev=0x1203 boardnum=22 macaddr=02:0A:F7:2A:3B:4C sromrev=3 boardflags=0x0090201 xtalfreq=37400 nocrc=1 ag0=255 aa2g=1 aa5g=1 ccode=ALL pa0itssit=0x20 pa0b0=6747 pa0b1=-808 pa0b2=-178 tssifloor2g=69 rssismf2g=0xf rssismc2g=0x8 rssisav2g=0x1 cckPwrOffset=3 rssismf5g=0xf rssismc5g=0x7 rssisav5g=0x3 pa1lob0=5659 pa1lob1=-693 pa1lob2=-178 tssifloor5gl=93 pa1b0=5172 pa1b1=-671 pa1b2=-212 tssifloor5gm=77 pa1hib0=5320 pa1hib1=-663 pa1hib2=-179 tssifloor5gh=74 rxpo5g=0 maxp2ga0=0x4E cck2gpo=0x0000 ofdm2gpo=0x42000000 mcs2gpo0=0x2222 mcs2gpo1=0x7662 maxp5ga0=0x46 maxp5gla0=0x46 maxp5gha0=0x46 ofdm5gpo=0x52222222 ofdm5glpo=0x52222222 ofdm5ghpo=0x52222222 mcs5gpo0=0x0000 mcs5gpo1=0x8550 mcs5glpo0=0x0000 mcs5glpo1=0x8550 mcs5ghpo0=0x0000 mcs5ghpo1=0x8550 swctrlmap_2g=0x00080008,0x00100010,0x00080008,0x011010,0x11f swctrlmap_5g=0x00020002,0x00040004,0x00020002,0x011010,0x2fe gain=32 triso2g=8 triso5g=8 loflag=0 iqlocalidx5g=40 dlocalidx5g=70 iqcalidx5g=50 lpbckmode5g=1 txiqlopapu5g=0 txiqlopapu2g=0 dlorange_lowlimit=5 txalpfbyp=1 txalpfpu=1 dacrate2xen=1 papden2g=1 papden5g=1 gain_settle_dly_2g=4 gain_settle_dly_5g=4 noise_cal_po_2g=-1 noise_cal_po_40_2g=-1 noise_cal_high_gain_2g=73 noise_cal_nf_substract_val_2g=346 noise_cal_po_5g=-1 noise_cal_po_40_5g=-1 noise_cal_high_gain_5g=73 noise_cal_nf_substract_val_5g=346 cckpapden=0 paparambwver=1 brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt (1,620 bytes)

ddyer 2021-01-11 07:51 reporter ~0014096	oops, that Insignia laptop, not Inspiron

steev 2021-01-11 18:34 manager ~0014106	Unfortunately, there isn't a whole lot we can do here. The broadcom firmware isn't available in the mainline tree, and trying to keep track of every possible branch out there, where someone might have committed a copy of the blob from their system, isn't something we can really do. Not to mention the redistribution issue as we, as a Linux distribution, do need to follow licenses. We're sorry for the inconvenience, but it is out of our hands.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2021-01-11 05:15	ddyer	New Issue
2021-01-11 05:15	ddyer	File Added: brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin
2021-01-11 05:15	ddyer	File Added: brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt
2021-01-11 07:51	ddyer	Note Added: 0014096
2021-01-11 18:34	steev	Assigned To	=> steev
2021-01-11 18:34	steev	Status	new => resolved
2021-01-11 18:34	steev	Resolution	open => not fixable
2021-01-11 18:34	steev	Note Added: 0014106