Re: WiFi on RPI4 - still unconfigured in 2026?

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

frank%phoenix.owl.de@localhost (Frank Wille) writes:

> > create a symlink "brcmfmac43455-sdio.Raspberry Pi 4 Model B.txt" to
> > that file so that it is found also with the different name.

>This is still necessary? I got the same autoconfiguration error after 
>installing the 10.1 release image together with UEFI.

Yes, the UEFI code chose a different system name than RPI firmware and FDT.


>After I added the link to "brcmfmac43455-sdio.Raspberry Pi 4 Model 
>B.txt", the missing NVRAM file was found, and I also saw the message 
>"CHIPACTIVE". But afterwards, shortly after going multiuser, the system 
>hard-resets and corrupts the file system.

No idea what hard resets the system. Is this a 8GB Pi 4? Or the necessary
question for Pi crashes: is the power supply sufficient and stable?


N.B.:

bwfm0: flags=0x8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        ssid xxxxxxx nwkey *****
        powersave off
        bssid xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx chan 7
        address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
        media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (VHT mode 11ac)
        status: active
        inet6 fe80::xxxx:xxxx.xxxx:xxxx%bwfm0/64 flags 0 scopeid 0x3
        inet6 xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/64 flags 0x40<AUTOCONF>
        inet x.x.x.x/24 broadcast x.x.x.255 flags 0

hw.model = raspberrypi,4-model-b

10:13PM  up 10 days,  7:39, 15 users, load averages: 0.65, 0.21, 0.07