Bug#1032367: firmware-brcm80211: Missing brcmfmac4356-pcie.bin

[dkm@kataplop.net]

Here's the result of using latest package:

[   38.435659] brcmfmac 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[   38.544255] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie for chip BCM4356/2
[   38.545212] brcmfmac 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.gpd-win-pocket.bin (-2)
[   38.545221] firmware_class: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for information about missing firmware
[   38.545965] brcmfmac 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.gpd-win-pocket.bin (-2)
[   38.545975] brcmfmac 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.gpd-win-pocket.bin failed with error -2
[   38.546040] brcmfmac 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.bin (-2)
[   38.546408] brcmfmac 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.bin (-2)
[   38.546416] brcmfmac 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.bin failed with error -2

Downgrading it and reloading the module brings the interface up:

dpkg: warning: downgrading firmware-brcm80211 from 20230210-2 to 20210315-3

modprobe -r brcmfmac
modprobe brcmfmac

[  201.775746] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
[  201.884033] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie for chip BCM4356/2
[  201.884157] brcmfmac 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.gpd-win-pocket.bin (-2)
[  201.884202] brcmfmac 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.gpd-win-pocket.bin (-2)
[  201.884210] brcmfmac 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.gpd-win-pocket.bin failed with error -2
[  201.884873] brcmfmac 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.bin
[  201.884996] brcmfmac 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.gpd-win-pocket.txt
[  201.885119] brcmfmac 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.gpd-win-pocket.clm_blob (-2)
[  201.885153] brcmfmac 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.gpd-win-pocket.clm_blob (-2)
[  201.885208] brcmfmac 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.clm_blob
[  202.054220] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware: BCM4356/2 wl0: Aug 29 2019 02:05:27 version 7.35.180.197 (r722171 CY) FWID 01-4c8512f9
[  202.146372] brcmfmac 0000:01:00.0 wlp1s0: renamed from wlan0

Let me know if I can be of any help to investigate this...

Thanks,
Marc