Gemtek BCM94309MP

abg (AG108)
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Gemtek BCM94309MP (for Quanta)
Interface	Mini PCI
Connector	Mini PCI
ID:14e4:4324 (4 addl. devices) SS: 14e4:0421 Windows: PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_4324&SUBSYS_042114E4
FCCID	QDS-BRCM1007, HFS-BCM94309MP
Chip1	Broadcom BCM4309
Chip2	Broadcom BCM2050
Chip3	Broadcom BCM2060
OUI: 00:90:4B (12 E, 37 W)
Antenna Connection	U.FL
Wireless Standards	IEEE 802.11a/b/g
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
Operating Frequency	2.4 or 5 GHz
Probable Linux driver b43legacy or b43, depending on core revision (both are in backports) PCI ID first seen in kernel v2.6.17 (2006-06-18) (see also passys)
Retail
FCC approval date	09 June 2003
Country of manuf	Taiwan
FCC ID Broadcom BCM94309MP QDS-BRCM1007 QDS-BRCM1015 Dell TrueMobile 1400 Dual-Band WLAN miniPCI Card QDS-BRCM1007 Dell Wireless 1450 (DW1450) QDS-BRCM1007 QDS-BRCM1015

For a list of all currently documented Broadcom chipsets with specifications, see Broadcom.

For a list of all currently documented Gemtek device with specifications, see Gemtek.

• 54 Mbps - 5GHz 802.11a

• 54 Mbps - 2.4GHz 802.11g = AG108 class

Overview

lspci -nnv dump

03:06.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4324] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:0421]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22
        Memory at f9bfe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
        Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
        Kernel modules: ssb

ssb + b43legacy info dump

[  182.492431] ssb: Found chip with id 0x4306, rev 0x02 and package 0x00
[  182.492449] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
[  182.492460] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[  182.492470] ssb: Core 2 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
[  182.492478] ssb: Core 3 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
[  182.492487] ssb: Core 4 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x07, vendor 0x4243)
[  182.492496] ssb: Core 5 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[  182.497373] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:03:06.0
[  182.510339] b43legacy-phy2: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found (core revision 4)
[  182.557383] b43legacy-phy2: Loading firmware b43legacy/ucode4.fw
[  182.557560] b43legacy-phy2: Loading firmware b43legacy/pcm4.fw
[  182.557601] b43legacy-phy2: Loading firmware b43legacy/b0g0initvals2.fw
[  182.557963] ieee80211 phy2: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[  182.581329] b43legacy-phy2 ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY (Analog 1, Type 0, Revision 2)
[  182.581355] b43legacy: probe of ssb0:2 failed with error -95
[  182.581428] Broadcom 43xx-legacy driver loaded [ Features: PLID ]
[  183.029152] b43legacy-phy2: Loading firmware version 0x127, patch level 14 (2005-04-18 02:36:27)
[  183.095119] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan16: link is not ready

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