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At Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:36:16 +0100 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:00:11 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: |
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>> The guide recommended wl_apsta.o for firmware, but that failed the |
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>> bcm43xx-fwcutter command so I then tried wl.o, which bcm43xx was happy |
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>> with. |
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> It seems that some cards can be fussy about firmware, so try some |
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> different ones. I have the following installed and my card works OK, |
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> although it sometimes takes a couple of attempts to get a good |
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> connection. |
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> bcm43xx_initval01.fw bcm43xx_initval07.fw bcm43xx_microcode4.fw |
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> bcm43xx_initval02.fw bcm43xx_initval08.fw bcm43xx_microcode5.fw |
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> bcm43xx_initval03.fw bcm43xx_initval09.fw bcm43xx_pcm4.fw |
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> bcm43xx_initval04.fw bcm43xx_initval10.fw bcm43xx_pcm5.fw |
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> bcm43xx_initval05.fw bcm43xx_microcode11.fw |
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> bcm43xx_initval06.fw bcm43xx_microcode2.fw |
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> You don't say which card you are using, some are more problematic than |
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> others, the gentoo-sources Changleog shows that support for some versions |
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> is still being added. "lspci | grep BCM" will show you the exact model. |
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Sorry for forgetting to include the lspci output |
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02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01) |
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Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 015f |
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Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17 |
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Memory at faffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] |
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Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 |
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I will load more firmware and try again. Here is the message I get |
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when trying to use fwcutter for some of the firmware listed in |
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/usr/doc/bcm43xx-fwcutter-004/README.gz |
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Sorry, the input file is either wrong or not supported by |
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bcm43xx-fwcutter. I can't find the MD5sum |
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1c104a2604fe0cef8c8ea187dc752e43 :( |
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So far I have |
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bcm43xx_initval01.fw bcm43xx_initval06.fw bcm43xx_microcode2.fw |
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bcm43xx_initval02.fw bcm43xx_initval07.fw bcm43xx_microcode4.fw |
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bcm43xx_initval03.fw bcm43xx_initval08.fw bcm43xx_microcode5.fw |
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bcm43xx_initval04.fw bcm43xx_initval09.fw bcm43xx_pcm4.fw |
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bcm43xx_initval05.fw bcm43xx_initval10.fw bcm43xx_pcm5.fw |
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and still /etc/init.d/net.eth1 fails. The end of dmesg is |
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bcm43xx: set security called |
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bcm43xx: .level = 0 |
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bcm43xx: .enabled = 0 |
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bcm43xx: .encrypt = 0 |
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SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks first. |
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SoftMAC: Start scanning with channel: 1 |
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SoftMAC: Scanning 14 channels |
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SoftMAC: Scanning finished |
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SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks first. |
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SoftMAC: Start scanning with channel: 1 |
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SoftMAC: Scanning 14 channels |
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SoftMAC: Scanning finished |
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SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks first. |
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SoftMAC: Start scanning with channel: 1 |
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SoftMAC: Scanning 14 channels |
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SoftMAC: Scanning finished |
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SoftMAC: Unable to find matching network after scan! |
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bcm43xx: Radio turned off |
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bcm43xx: DMA 0x0260 (RX) max used slots: 1/64 |
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bcm43xx: DMA 0x0200 (RX) max used slots: 1/64 |
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bcm43xx: DMA 0x0260 (TX) max used slots: 0/512 |
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bcm43xx: DMA 0x0240 (TX) max used slots: 0/512 |
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bcm43xx: DMA 0x0220 (TX) max used slots: 2/512 |
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bcm43xx: DMA 0x0200 (TX) max used slots: 0/512 |
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bcm43xx: Radio turned off |
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bcm43xx: DMA 0x0260 (RX) max used slots: 0/64 |
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bcm43xx: DMA 0x0200 (RX) max used slots: 0/64 |
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bcm43xx: DMA 0x0260 (TX) max used slots: 0/512 |
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bcm43xx: DMA 0x0240 (TX) max used slots: 0/512 |
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bcm43xx: DMA 0x0220 (TX) max used slots: 0/512 |
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bcm43xx: DMA 0x0200 (TX) max used slots: 0/512 |
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I assume I have some config wrong or forgot to do something, but I |
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don't know what it is. I guess I will grab some more firmware since |
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you have more that I do :-). |
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Thanks for your help, |
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allan |
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