[Arm-dev] Raspberry Pi3 CentOS image : call for testers !

Sun Mar 6 20:16:45 UTC 2016
Gábor Majoros <mersaint at gmail.com>

Anyone got the integrated wifi working?

Does not seem to load the driver...

root at centos-rpi3 ~]# dmesg | grep brcm

[    9.944283] *brcm*fmac: *brcm*f_sdio_drivestrengthinit: No SDIO Drive
strength init done for chip 43430 rev 1 pmurev 24

[    9.964694] usbcore: registered new interface driver *brcm*fmac

[   10.009440] *brcm*fmac_sdio mmc1:0001:1: Direct firmware load for *brcm*/
*brcm*fmac43430-sdio.bin failed with error -2

[   11.028963] *brcm*fmac: *brcm*f_sdio_htclk: HT Avail timeout (1000000):
clkctl 0x50

[   12.049378] *brcm*fmac: *brcm*f_sdio_htclk: HT Avail timeout (1000000):
clkctl 0x50

[root at centos-rpi3 ~]# lsmod | grep brcmfmac

*brcmfmac*              177618  0

brcmutil                5501  1 *brcmfmac*

cfg80211              407580  1 *brcmfmac*


On 5 March 2016 at 16:20, David Both <david at millennium-technology.com>
wrote:

> I just received three Pi 3's yesterday. I have installed CentOS on one and
> am configuring it for use as a firewall and router. It boots fine and works
> like a champ. It is not ready yet for use in it's intended role, but I will
> keep you posted.
>
> I already have a Pi 2B running as a firewall with CentOS and that one is
> doing very nicely as well. The Pi 2B is intended only as a side door access
> to my network when I am traveling and not as a router so it has very little
> load most of the time.
>
> The Pi 3B does seem to run hot, so I added heat sinks to the top-side
> chips.
>
>
> On 03/05/2016 06:14 AM, Fabian Arrotin wrote:
>
> On 01/03/16 15:30, Karanbir Singh wrote:
>
> On 01/03/16 14:02, Fabian Arrotin wrote:
>
> I think everything is in the title, so :
>
> http://dev.centos.org/centos/7/isos/armhfp/CentOS-Userland-7-armv7hl-M
>
> inimal-1602-RaspberryPi3.img.xz
>
>
>  Feedback wanted please
>
> PS : I ordered one myself, but still not delivered so untested on
> my side, but KB said that he tested it and that it booted fine (and
> fast !) :-)
>
> https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/Arm32/RaspberryPi3
> with
> some details.
>
>
> Just to add that there is a way to get WiFi working, but I'm not sure
> about the redistribution license needed for the broadcom firmware (can
> be checked) and that one isn't in the upstream linux-firmware package.
> I have a .noarch rpm for it, but in the mean time, if you want to
> test/use embedded wifi on your rpi3, be sure to do this (as root) :
>
> curl --locationhttps://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/bcm2710-rpi-3-b.dtb
>
> /boot/bcm2710-rpi-3-b.dtb
>
> curl --locationhttps://github.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree/raw/54bab3d6a6d43239c71d26464e6e10e5067ffea7/brcm80211/brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.bin
>
> /usr/lib/firmware/brcm brcmfmac43430-stdio.bin
>
> curl --locationhttps://github.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree/raw/54bab3d6a6d43239c71d26464e6e10e5067ffea7/brcm80211/brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt
>
> /usr/lib/firmware/brcm brcmfmac43430-stdio.txt
>
> And reboot to ensure the dtb is initialized and kernel knows about the
> hardware in place.
>
> Enjoy
>
>
>
>
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