From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John W. Linville Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:21:32 -0400 Subject: problem with b43 In-Reply-To: References: <20100924185551.e3c3b41c.cyrille@cbiot.fr> Message-ID: <20100924172132.GC8077@tuxdriver.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor?= Stefanik Cc: Cyrille , b43-dev@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 07:06:17PM +0200, G?bor Stefanik wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Cyrille wrote: > > Hi > > I've got a problem with a broadcom 4312 [12e4:4315]. > > The environment : > > =========================== > > uname -a > > 2.6.35.5-libre.29.fc14.x86_64 > > Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMLS, Firmware-ID: FW13 ] > > ssb0:0: Missing Free firmware > > b43-phy4 ERROR: Rejected non-Free firmware > > ssb0:0: Missing Free firmware > > b43-phy4 ERROR: Rejected non-Free firmware > > Compile compat-wireless to bypass the "free-only" patch in Fedora. > > (John, are you still maintaining the Fedora kernel's wireless part? If > so, please kill this "freedom enforcement"!) This isn't a Fedora kernel. I'm guessing it is from "Free-dora" by way of BLAG, and I have no control over it -- sorry. Cyrille, did you try b43-openfwwf? If that doesn't work, then you will need to use extracted proprietary firmware with some other kernel (e.g. stock Fedora) or you will have to live without b43. John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville at tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.