Copy file to /lib/firmware/brcm

raysko · August 5, 2018 at 4:19 PM

Hello,

I have Libreelec installed on a ECS Liva Mini, I would like copy a file or write a file to /lib/firmware/brcm.

Currently I have:

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LibreELEC:~ # cp brcmfmac43241b4-sdio.txt /lib/firmware/brcm/
cp: can't create '/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43241b4-sdio.txt': Read-only file system

Also, I have

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LibreELEC:~ # ls .config/firmware/brcm/
brcmfmac43241b4-sdio.txt

And nothing on target folders after restart.

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LibreELEC:~ # ls /lib/firmware/brcm/*.txt
/lib/firmware/brcm/bcm4329-fullmac-4.txt
/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4329-sdio.txt
/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4330-sdio.txt
LibreELEC:~ # ls /usr/lib/firmware/brcm/*.txt
/usr/lib/firmware/brcm/bcm4329-fullmac-4.txt
/usr/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4329-sdio.txt
/usr/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4330-sdio.txt

Can you help me?

PS: I have read this thread cannot get wireless/BT to work on ECS LIVA-MINI and I am looking at a way to write my file on /lib/firmware/brcm before recompiling the kernel.

Thanks!

**vpeter** · August 5, 2018 at 4:28 PM

Try putting file directly in folder .config/firmware.

Can you check dmesg with command and post url you get

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dmesg | pastebinit

raysko · August 5, 2018 at 5:10 PM

Wow, thanks for the fast reply.

However, still nothing

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LibreELEC:~ # ls .config/firmware/
brcm                      brcmfmac43241b4-sdio.txt
LibreELEC:~ # reboot
Connection to 192.168.1.43 closed by remote host.
Connection to 192.168.1.43 closed.
➜  .ssh ssh root@192.168.1.43
root@192.168.1.43's password:
##############################################
#                  LibreELEC                 #
#            https://libreelec.tv            #
##############################################

LibreELEC (official): 8.2.5 (Generic.x86_64)
LibreELEC:~ # ls /lib/firmware/brcm/*.txt
/lib/firmware/brcm/bcm4329-fullmac-4.txt
/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4329-sdio.txt
/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4330-sdio.txt
LibreELEC:~ # ls /usr/lib/firmware/brcm/*.txt
/usr/lib/firmware/brcm/bcm4329-fullmac-4.txt
/usr/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4329-sdio.txt
/usr/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4330-sdio.txt
LibreELEC:~ # ls .config/firmware/
brcm                      brcmfmac43241b4-sdio.txt
LibreELEC:/usr/lib/firmware # ls *.txt
dvb-usb-SkyStar_USB_HD_FW_v17_63.HEX.fw.license.txt
license-end-user.txt
license-oemihvisv.txt
LibreELEC:/usr/lib/firmware #

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Here is the link to dmesg http://ix.io/1jft

Thanks for your help!

**chewitt** · August 6, 2018 at 9:40 AM Official Post

I've recently been looking at brcmfmac sdio firmwares and current code will take firmware *files* that are placed in /storage/.config/firmware and append them to /usr/lib/firmware but it will not take a folder structure, so /storage/.config/firmware/brcm/* will be ignored.

Can you share (pastebin) the .txt file?

**vpeter** · August 6, 2018 at 9:47 AM

chewitt: from his dmesg log there is no indication for brcmfmac things. Shouldn't be CONFIG_BRCMFMAC_SDIO enabled in Linux kernel?

linux.x86_64.conf#l1916

**chewitt** · August 6, 2018 at 10:01 AM Official Post

Yeah, that will be required too

**vpeter** · August 6, 2018 at 10:18 AM

Which is not enabled for Generic project meaning raysko is out of luck without custom build.

raysko · August 6, 2018 at 1:14 PM

Hello, thanks for all of your answers.

Regarding the file, this is a configuration file with hardcoded MAC address. It is working on Ubuntu and that's why I was trying to reproduce the step with Libreelec.

I'll try a custom build to see if this is working better and will post for other ECS Liva Mini users to use.

Thanks for you support and great work guys!

raysko · August 15, 2018 at 10:18 AM

So, I tried on 2 different ubuntu (16.04) computers to follow this procedure, but I have a compilation error on both of them.

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collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [extra-module.mk:8: /home/ray/LibreELEC.tv/build.LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-9.0-devel/glibc-2.28/.x86_64-libreelec-linux-gnu/iconvdata/CP1252.so] Error 1
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [extra-module.mk:8: /home/ray/LibreELEC.tv/build.LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-9.0-devel/glibc-2.28/.x86_64-libreelec-linux-gnu/iconvdata/CP1255.so] Error 1
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [extra-module.mk:8: /home/ray/LibreELEC.tv/build.LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-9.0-devel/glibc-2.28/.x86_64-libreelec-linux-gnu/iconvdata/CP1254.so] Error 1
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [extra-module.mk:8: /home/ray/LibreELEC.tv/build.LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-9.0-devel/glibc-2.28/.x86_64-libreelec-linux-gnu/iconvdata/CP1253.so] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/ray/LibreELEC.tv/build.LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-9.0-devel/glibc-2.28/iconvdata'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:258: iconvdata/others] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/ray/LibreELEC.tv/build.LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-9.0-devel/glibc-2.28'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:9: all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/ray/LibreELEC.tv/build.LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-9.0-devel/glibc-2.28/.x86_64-libreelec-linux-gnu'
Makefile:12: recipe for target 'image' failed
make: *** [image] Error 2

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Would you have any idea?

Thanks

Copy file to /lib/firmware/brcm

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