Broadcom BCM4352 wireless wifi card does not work in RHEL

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Issue

  • Broadcom BCM4352 hardware fails to initialize with the bcma driver:

    Apr 22 13:02:22 localhost kernel: Linux version 3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64 (mockbuild@x86-034.build.eng.bos.redhat.com) (gcc version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-28) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Wed Mar 21 18:14:51 EDT 2018
    Apr 22 13:02:46 localhost kernel: bcma: bus0: Found chip with id 0x4352, rev 0x03 and package 0x00
    Apr 22 13:02:46 localhost kernel: bcma: bus0: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x800, rev 0x2B, class 0x0)
    Apr 22 13:02:46 localhost kernel: bcma: bus0: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x812, rev 0x2A, class 0x0)
    Apr 22 13:02:46 localhost kernel: bcma: bus0: Core 2 found: ARM CR4 (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x83E, rev 0x02, class 0x0)
    Apr 22 13:02:46 localhost kernel: bcma: bus0: Core 3 found: PCIe Gen2 (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x83C, rev 0x01, class 0x0)
    Apr 22 13:02:46 localhost kernel: bcma: bus0: Core 4 found: USB 2.0 Device (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x81A, rev 0x11, class 0x0)
    Apr 22 13:02:46 localhost kernel: bcma: Unsupported SPROM revision: 11
    Apr 22 13:02:46 localhost kernel: bcma: bus0: Invalid SPROM read from the PCIe card, trying to use fallback SPROM
    Apr 22 13:02:46 localhost kernel: bcma: bus0: Using fallback SPROM failed (err -2)
    Apr 22 13:02:46 localhost kernel: bcma: bus0: No SPROM available
    Apr 22 13:02:46 localhost kernel: bcma: bus0: Bus registered
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Broadcom BCM4352 Wireless card

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