First, thanks a lot to all of you :)
I have installed with success bookworm on two machines (scratch
installation using the DI alpha 2):
- lenovo ideapad 120S
- macbook air 13" 2011 (MacBookAir 4,2 1.0) w/ brcm43xx
On a macbook air 11" 2015 (MacBookAir 7,1 1.0), currently running buster
with the wl driver, the network step of configuration failed. And I dit
not found the wl driver in the provided list to pick a driver from.
Is this an expected behavior (for example due to legal issues)?
Should this be a bug report?
Is there anything I can do to help?
Hi raph,
raph <debian@marvie.eu> (2023-02-25):
On a macbook air 11" 2015 (MacBookAir 7,1 1.0), currently running buster
with the wl driver, the network step of configuration failed. And I dit
not found the wl driver in the provided list to pick a driver from.
Is this an expected behavior (for example due to legal issues)?
Should this be a bug report?
Is there anything I can do to help?
It'd be great to attach /var/log/syslog (possibly gzipped) from the
installer environment, so that we have a chance of tracking this down.
Are you sure that was about the driver (kernel module) rather than about firmware?
Any chance you could let us know what your buster installation
is reporting? (e.g. output of `lsmod` and `dpkg -l|grep firmware`).
In the attached gzipped archive you'll find: […]
Cyril Brulebois writes:
Are you sure that was about the driver (kernel module) rather than
about firmware?
H,, look this is beyond my current knowledge to answer.
A few month ago, I tried to move this machine to testing. But like with
a previous debian install, when moving to testing the network stopped working. I do not know if this is important / related or not.
Tell me I can do anything else to help.
This machine is ok with buster, but I can back it up and try a complete install when/if needed to contribute.
Hi,
raph <debian@marvie.eu> (2023-02-26):
Cyril Brulebois writes:
Are you sure that was about the driver (kernel module) rather than
about firmware?
H,, look this is beyond my current knowledge to answer.
Thanks for the logs, that seems to be a *module* issue rather than a
firmware issue, and your subject (about wl) seems absolutely on point.
The relevant part of the installer's syslog is:
Feb 26 08:50:50 kernel: [ 28.095391] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4360 WLAN found (core revision 42)
Feb 26 08:50:50 kernel: [ 28.095805] b43-phy0 ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY (Analog 12, Type 11 (AC), Revision 1)
Feb 26 08:50:50 kernel: [ 28.095810] b43: probe of bcma0:1 failed with error -95
Feb 26 08:50:50 kernel: [ 28.095839] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PNLS ]
after a few lines about bcma-pci-bridge.
So your board is definitely detected, there's a module that tries to do something with it, but fails…
A few month ago, I tried to move this machine to testing. But like with
a previous debian install, when moving to testing the network stopped
working. I do not know if this is important / related or not.
Tell me I can do anything else to help.
This machine is ok with buster, but I can back it up and try a complete
install when/if needed to contribute.
All files are super useful. The installer logs (meaning bookworm kernel)
are about bcma/b43. Those don't appear in your list of buster modules,
which contains “wl” instead. A quick search on bcma and wl suggests that they might fight each other, at least in some kernel versions:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/592191/error-during-startup-b43-phy0-unsupported-phy
Checking the contents of current nic-wireless-modules udebs, we do ship bcma.ko, but not wl.ko, so that's not about a competition between both modules (at least in the installer context).
Now, looking at kernel sources, I'm not seeing any broadcom-wl driver in mainline. Did you install a specific module on your buster system to get wireless up and running?
I'm seeing a broadcom-sta source package that builds broadcom-sta-dkms
and broadcom-sta-source, I suppose that's what you might be using on
buster, after a successful wired install, maybe? At least your board
(4360) is listed in its description.
It's a binary-only driver so that's not something we include in the installer, and if the above analysis is correct, I'm not sure we can do anything about it. :(
Cheers,
Since I got this second hand machine, I have always used a usb/ethernet adaptor before installing wifi using non-free. I think the last
installation was performed using a debian buster gnome live iso.
Any way, my attempt at bookworm DI was mostly to test the installer with
the machines at home and provide feedback. So it is ok for me to stay on buster on this machine.
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