Bug#850380: firmware-brcm80211 breaks wlan0 on Raspbian
Package: firmware-brcm80211
Version: 20161130-2 (testing)
After upgrading Raspbian from jessie to testing wlan0 disappears on a
Raspberry Pi 3 with a similar error message reported in e.g. Debian Bug
#821400 or at
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=138629&start=25:
brcmfmac_sdio mmc1:0001:1: Direct firmware load for
brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.bin failed with error -2
After downgrading to version: 043+rpi5 (stable) wlan0 appears and works
again.
043+rpi5 (stable) provides the same version of brcmfmac43430-sdio.bin
found at
https://github.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree/tree/master/brcm80211/brcm/.
20161130-2 (testing) provides something else that doesn't work on a
Raspberry Pi 3.
I wonder if this package could be changed to have wireless working on a
Raspberry Pi.
I am using Raspbian GNU/Linux stretch/sid with kernel 4.4.38-v7+ #938
SMP Thu Dec 15 15:22:21 GMT 2016 armv7l.
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