Fail to load firmware brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw

[SimonIT]

Describe the issue you are experiencing

The WiFi card firmware cannot be loaded

What operating system image do you use?

generic-x86-64 (Generic UEFI capable x86-64 systems)

What version of Home Assistant Operating System is installed?

16.2

Did the problem occur after upgrading the Operating System?

No

Hardware details

It's an Asus F201E laptop (https://www.asus.com/supportonly/f201e/helpdesk_download/) with a ZBT-1 connected

Steps to reproduce the issue

Install HA OS on the laptop

Anything in the Supervisor logs that might be useful for us?

I don't think there's anything regarding this issue

Anything in the Host logs that might be useful for us?

2025-09-09 22:01:56.150 homeassistant kernel: brcmsmac bcma0:1: Direct firmware load for brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw failed with error -2
2025-09-09 22:01:56.151 homeassistant kernel: ieee80211 phy0: brcmsmac: fail to load firmware brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw
2025-09-09 22:01:56.152 homeassistant NetworkManager[396]: <warn>  [1757455316.1520] platform-linux: do-change-link[3]: failure 2 (No such file or directory), firmware not found

System information

System Information

version	core-2025.9.2
installation_type	Home Assistant OS
dev	false
hassio	true
docker	true
container_arch	amd64
user	root
virtualenv	false
python_version	3.13.7
os_name	Linux
os_version	6.12.43-haos
arch	x86_64
timezone	Europe/Berlin
config_dir	/config

Home Assistant Cloud

logged_in	false
can_reach_cert_server	ok
can_reach_cloud_auth	ok
can_reach_cloud	ok

Home Assistant Supervisor

host_os	Home Assistant OS 16.2
update_channel	stable
supervisor_version	supervisor-2025.09.0
agent_version	1.7.2
docker_version	28.3.3
disk_total	54.3 GB
disk_used	9.1 GB
nameservers	2003:d0:1f01:ec00:96dc:ba42:8d1b:c822, 192.168.188.33
healthy	true
supported	true
host_connectivity	true
supervisor_connectivity	true
ntp_synchronized	true
virtualization
board	generic-x86-64
supervisor_api	ok
version_api	ok
installed_addons	AdGuard Home (5.3.2), Matter Server (8.1.0), Music Assistant Server (2.5.8), Speech-to-Phrase (1.4.1), Piper (1.6.4), ESPHome Device Builder (2025.8.4)

Dashboards

dashboards	2
resources	0
views	0
mode	storage

Network Configuration

adapters	lo (disabled), enp3s0 (enabled, default, auto), hassio (disabled), docker0 (disabled), veth83e2734 (disabled), vethe2fb52e (disabled), veth80c902d (disabled), veth31019ec (disabled), vethc830469 (disabled), veth51af325 (disabled)
ipv4_addresses	lo (127.0.0.1/8), enp3s0 (192.168.188.33/24), hassio (172.30.32.1/23), docker0 (172.30.232.1/23), veth83e2734 (), vethe2fb52e (), veth80c902d (), veth31019ec (), vethc830469 (), veth51af325 ()
ipv6_addresses	lo (::1/128), enp3s0 (2003:d0:1f14:cd00:d6ac:ea21:39bd:f733/64, fe80::a96b:98fa:468d:e5d7/64), hassio (fe80::9093:7cff:fe6f:c0e0/64), docker0 (fe80::94c3:4bff:fe86:ba61/64), veth83e2734 (fe80::dc6a:3aff:fe6a:1146/64), vethe2fb52e (fe80::841e:aeff:fec3:38de/64), veth80c902d (fe80::c851:18ff:fe77:50f2/64), veth31019ec (fe80::700c:5aff:fe9e:cbf2/64), vethc830469 (fe80::bc40:a6ff:febe:cea2/64), veth51af325 (fe80::cff:84ff:fea4:af74/64)
announce_addresses	192.168.188.33, 2003:d0:1f14:cd00:d6ac:ea21:39bd:f733, fe80::a96b:98fa:468d:e5d7

Recorder

oldest_recorder_run	24. August 2025 um 14:34
current_recorder_run	13. September 2025 um 13:14
estimated_db_size	110.73 MiB
database_engine	sqlite
database_version	3.48.0

Additional information

No response

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[SimonIT]

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