[PATCH] bcm47xx: Change WiFi driver for BCM4716 SoC.

Alexandre GRIVEAUX agriveaux at deutnet.info
Fri Nov 28 12:33:49 PST 2025


This patch change the WiFi driver for the BCM4716 SoC related equipements
from b43 to brcmsmac, which are supported according to the documentation [0].

The brcmsmac driver have been tested on a Netgear WNR3500Lv1 equipped by an
BCM4716 SoC

[0] https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/brcm80211.html

Signed-off-by: Alexandre GRIVEAUX <agriveaux at deutnet.info>
---
 target/linux/bcm47xx/image/mips74k.mk | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/target/linux/bcm47xx/image/mips74k.mk b/target/linux/bcm47xx/image/mips74k.mk
index 0f7610f3dd..a5bb1e562a 100644
--- a/target/linux/bcm47xx/image/mips74k.mk
+++ b/target/linux/bcm47xx/image/mips74k.mk
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ TARGET_DEVICES += asus_rt-n10u-b
 define Device/asus_rt-n12
   DEVICE_MODEL := RT-N12
   DEVICE_VARIANT := A1
-  DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-b43
+  DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-brcmsmac
   $(Device/asus)
   PRODUCTID := "RT-N12      "
   DEFAULT := n
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ TARGET_DEVICES += asus_rt-n66w
 define Device/linksys_wrt160n-v3
   DEVICE_MODEL := WRT160N
   DEVICE_VARIANT := v3
-  DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-b43
+  DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-brcmsmac
   $(Device/linksys)
   DEVICE_ID := N150
   VERSION := 3.0.3
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ TARGET_DEVICES += linksys_wrt160n-v3
 define Device/linksys_wrt310n-v2
   DEVICE_MODEL := WRT310N
   DEVICE_VARIANT := v2
-  DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-b43
+  DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-brcmsmac
   $(Device/linksys)
   DEVICE_ID := 310N
   VERSION := 2.0.1
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ TARGET_DEVICES += linksys_e900-v1
 define Device/linksys_e1000
   DEVICE_MODEL := E1000
   DEVICE_VARIANT := v1/v2/v2.1
-  DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-b43
+  DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-brcmsmac
   $(Device/linksys)
   DEVICE_ID := E100
   VERSION := 1.1.3
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ TARGET_DEVICES += netgear_wnr1000-v3
 define Device/netgear_wnr2000v2
   DEVICE_MODEL := WNR2000
   DEVICE_VARIANT := v2
-  DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-b43
+  DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-brcmsmac
   $(Device/netgear)
   NETGEAR_BOARD_ID := U12H114T00_NETGEAR
   NETGEAR_REGION := 2
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ TARGET_DEVICES += netgear_wnr2000v2
 define Device/netgear_wnr3500l-v1-na
   DEVICE_MODEL := WNR3500L
   DEVICE_VARIANT := v1 (NA)
-  DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-b43 $(USB2_PACKAGES)
+  DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-brcmsmac $(USB2_PACKAGES)
   $(Device/netgear)
   NETGEAR_BOARD_ID := U12H136T99_NETGEAR
   NETGEAR_REGION := 2
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ TARGET_DEVICES += netgear_wnr3500l-v1-na
 define Device/netgear_wnr3500l-v1
   DEVICE_MODEL := WNR3500L
   DEVICE_VARIANT := v1 (ROW)
-  DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-b43 $(USB2_PACKAGES)
+  DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-brcmsmac $(USB2_PACKAGES)
   $(Device/netgear)
   NETGEAR_BOARD_ID := U12H136T99_NETGEAR
   NETGEAR_REGION := 1
-- 
2.47.3




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