I checked all the loaded modules and found that now I have loaded "Broadcom Brothers" along with wl ;)
[root@aspire ~]# lsmod | grep brc
brcmsmac 497715 0
mac80211 251806 1 brcmsmac
brcmutil 4513 1 brcmsmac
cfg80211 151125 2 brcmsmac,mac80211
crc8 1356 1 brcmsmac
cordic 1150 1 brcmsmac
[gescape@aspire ~]$ modinfo brcmsmac
filename: /lib/modules/3.1.1-1.fc16.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/brcmsmac.ko
license: Dual BSD/GPL
description: Broadcom 802.11n wireless LAN driver.
author: Broadcom Corporation
[gescape@aspire ~]$ rpm -qf /lib/modules/3.1.1-1.fc16.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/brcmsmac.ko
kernel-3.1.1-1.fc16.x86_64
[gescape@aspire ~]$ rpm -qf /lib/modules/3.1.1-1.fc16.x86_64/extra/wl/wl.ko
kmod-wl-3.1.1-1.fc16.x86_64-5.100.82.112-1.fc16.1.x86_64
[gescape@aspire ~]$ yum info kmod-wl-3.1.1-1.fc16.x86_64-5.100.82.112-1.fc16.1.x86_64
Installed Packages
Name : kmod-wl-3.1.1-1.fc16.x86_64
Arch : x86_64
Version : 5.100.82.112
Release : 1.fc16.1
Size : 3.0 M
Repo : installed
From repo : rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
Summary : wl kernel module(s) for 3.1.1-1.fc16.x86_64
URL : http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
License : Redistributable, no modification permitted
Description : This package provides the wl kernel modules built for the Linux
: kernel 3.1.1-1.fc16.x86_64 for the x86_64 family of processors.
I removed the Broadcom modules from kernel package and reloaded wl from RPM Fusion...
[root@aspire ~]# rmmod brcmsmac
[root@aspire ~]# rmmod wl
[root@aspire ~]# modprobe wl
[root@aspire ~]# lsmod | grep brc
brcmutil 4513 0
...and then blacklisted Broadcom module:
[root@aspire modprobe.d]# cat broadcom-wl-blacklist.conf
# modules blacklisted for broadcom-wl
blacklist ssb
blacklist bcma
blacklist b43
blacklist brcmsmac
Again my wireless is back to normal, working as expected, Fn+F3 works fine and most importantly that lovely bright amber antenna LED indicator is on ;))) haha...
Dear Fedora Team!
It is historically known that with almost every update/upgrade something must be broken. If not wireless, then LCD brightness, if not brightness.... It is extremely annoying. It is understandable that there are bugs and the system is under constant development, but I believe that basic functions, modules and common hardware should work out of the box regardless of the phase of development and for sure in the final release of the system. These days end users expect working systems with wireless available at a finger tip and not spend evenings fixing the module issues after subsequent update. If you want us to provide you a feedback and log bugs, we need working networking. Unfortunately it looks to me like brcmsmac does not work as expected. However kmod-wl from RPMFusion works fine. Interesting...
It is historically known that with almost every update/upgrade something must be broken. If not wireless, then LCD brightness, if not brightness.... It is extremely annoying. It is understandable that there are bugs and the system is under constant development, but I believe that basic functions, modules and common hardware should work out of the box regardless of the phase of development and for sure in the final release of the system. These days end users expect working systems with wireless available at a finger tip and not spend evenings fixing the module issues after subsequent update. If you want us to provide you a feedback and log bugs, we need working networking. Unfortunately it looks to me like brcmsmac does not work as expected. However kmod-wl from RPMFusion works fine. Interesting...
