Archlinux - missing firmware for wifi adapter
09-12-2022, 03:51 AM
I have successfully installed Arch Linux on my Pinebook Pro using the following wiki article:
https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Installing_...nebook_Pro
However, I had to use the Pinephone dock to enable networking because the wifi adapter does not work out of the box.
dmesh output shows:
brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio for chip BCM4345/9
brcmfmac mmc0:0001:1: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio.pine64,pinebook-pro.bin failed with error -2
brcmfmac mmc0:0001:1: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio.bin failed with error -2
I tried some suggestions from the friendly people on the Pine64 Telegram channel but until now I cannot get it to work.
Here is what I tried:
https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic...7&t=291688
This is a thread on the Raspberry Pi 4 which seemingly uses the same hardware? I tried copying the suggested file but that did not solve the problem. Note that the file was not there in the first place so renaming failed.
Copied the files found here:
https://gitlab.manjaro.org/manjaro-arm/p...6-firmware
Also this did not solve the problem.
Another suggestion is to see whether the alarm repos have a firmware package for this but I'm a bit at a loss as to how to do this.
A usb wifi dongle works without any problem so I have a workaround but I would be happy if the on board wifi would work.
Any help/pointers are appreciated.
I know that some people have it working so it is just me not having found the solution yet.
https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Installing_...nebook_Pro
However, I had to use the Pinephone dock to enable networking because the wifi adapter does not work out of the box.
dmesh output shows:
brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio for chip BCM4345/9
brcmfmac mmc0:0001:1: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio.pine64,pinebook-pro.bin failed with error -2
brcmfmac mmc0:0001:1: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio.bin failed with error -2
I tried some suggestions from the friendly people on the Pine64 Telegram channel but until now I cannot get it to work.
Here is what I tried:
https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic...7&t=291688
This is a thread on the Raspberry Pi 4 which seemingly uses the same hardware? I tried copying the suggested file but that did not solve the problem. Note that the file was not there in the first place so renaming failed.
Copied the files found here:
https://gitlab.manjaro.org/manjaro-arm/p...6-firmware
Also this did not solve the problem.
Another suggestion is to see whether the alarm repos have a firmware package for this but I'm a bit at a loss as to how to do this.
A usb wifi dongle works without any problem so I have a workaround but I would be happy if the on board wifi would work.
Any help/pointers are appreciated.
I know that some people have it working so it is just me not having found the solution yet.
