Return-path: Received: from mail-gw1-out.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.62]:5123 "EHLO mail-gw1-out.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751166AbbCOVPB (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Mar 2015 17:15:01 -0400 Message-ID: <5505F651.3060607@broadcom.com> (sfid-20150315_221511_088462_96D4D362) Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 22:14:57 +0100 From: Arend van Spriel MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=FCrgen_Bausa?= CC: Subject: Re: Broadcom 43340 References: <550482A2.3080803@gmail.com> <55048833.90408@broadcom.com> <55048BB1.9080906@gmail.com> <550491DA.6030105@broadcom.com> <55049507.6040209@gmail.com> <20150314213907.3f1167bb@mir> <5504B29F.8000305@gmail.com> <55056EFB.9020100@broadcom.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 03/15/15 21:38, J?rgen Bausa wrote: > Arend van Spriel writes: > >> >> On 03/14/15 23:13, Ochal Christophe wrote: >>> All, >>> >>> On 03/14/2015 09:39 PM, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote: >>>> You don't need to run windows for that, the nvram (calibration data, >>>> probably the MAC address and related device specific data) is stored >>>> in your mainboard's firmware - and exposed to userspace (under linux) >>>> via /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/. You just need to identify the correct >>>> file and copy it to a place where linux expects to find it >>>> (/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt). Regards Stefan >>>> Lippers-Hollmann >>> >>> Thanks for the hint, that did it, I'm online! >> >> Apparently my hint was not clear enough. Good to hear it works for you. >> > > Dear Arend, > > would be nice, if you could make it clear. > > I am in the exact some position (asus x205 with linux 4.0 rc3) but my > /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/ is empty. I am running debian jessie with a > kernel taken from ubuntu. Am I missing something? Even loading efivars via > modprobe doesnt change a thing. Maybe you need to mount it. This is what I found [1]: $ sudo mount -t efivarfs none /sys/firmware/efi/efivars Regards, Arend [1] http://firmware.intel.com/blog/accessing-uefi-variables-linux > Juergen > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html