CentOS7 with BCM4311

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backdrum
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CentOS7 with BCM4311

Post by backdrum » 2022/12/14 05:05:15

Hello, there.

I got an old laptop(HP nx6320) and installed CentOS7 on it. It works fine except wifi.
So I've tried to solve it, I googled. I found out there were some issues with my wifi chip(Broadcom BCM4311).

I followed this link -> https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/ ... s/Broadcom. It's helpful but didn't work for me.
Then I tried this too -> https://tutorialforlinux.com/2019/12/31 ... n-guide/3/. It didn't work either.

On boot, my laptop says like this:
[ 1.836950] wl: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[ 1.836962] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 1.836964] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[ 1.850584] wl: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[ 1.915082] wl driver 6.30.223.271 (r587334) failed with code 21
[ 1.915087] ERROR @wl_cfg80211_detach : NULL ndev->ieee80211ptr, unable to deref wl

I'm sorry for another BCM issue, but I'm so desperate now.
Please, help me!
(I'm not good at Linux, Network and English, so I need your generous understanding. Thank you!)

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Re: CentOS7 with BCM4311

Post by TrevorH » 2022/12/14 10:35:01

[ 1.850584] wl: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
Looks like you have secure boot enabled and the kernel module is either not signed or you have not imported the signing key into your UEFI setup.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
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Re: CentOS7 with BCM4311

Post by backdrum » 2022/12/14 12:08:19

Thank you for your reply, (Mr. or Ms.) TrevorH.

I don't think my laptop support UEFI mode. My laptop is a Core2 Duo CPU model; quite old.
In addition to that, I checked BIOS and couldn't find any secure boot option or something like that.(maybe because of my ignorance...)

If you need an image or more information, please, let me know that.

Best Regards,

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Re: CentOS7 with BCM4311

Post by TrevorH » 2022/12/14 19:01:32

Do you have a /sys/firmware/efi directory?
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke

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Re: CentOS7 with BCM4311

Post by backdrum » 2022/12/15 05:38:46

There isn't any directory like a '/sys/firmware/efi'.
There are only acpi, dmi, memmap and qemu_fw_cfg, there.

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