From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:10:30 +0200 Subject: problem with b43 In-Reply-To: <20100924185551.e3c3b41c.cyrille@cbiot.fr> References: <20100924185551.e3c3b41c.cyrille@cbiot.fr> Message-ID: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: b43-dev@lists.infradead.org 2010/9/24 Cyrille : > Installation method ( http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#fw-b43-lp ) : > You are using the b43 driver from linux-2.6.25 or newer > export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware" > wget http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 > tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 > cd broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver > sudo ../../b43-fwcutter-013/b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" wl_apsta_mimo.o This should lead to system having firmware in /lib/firmware/b43/. Make sure you have "some" files in this directory. > Seems work : ls /lib/firmware/b43-open/ > a0g0bsinitvals5.fw ? a0g1bsinitvals9.fw ? b0g0bsinitvals9.fw ?lp0bsinitvals15.fw ?n0initvals11.fw ?ucode5.fw > a0g0bsinitvals9.fw ? a0g1initvals13.fw ? ?b0g0initvals13.fw ? lp0initvals13.fw ? ?pcm5.fw ? ? ? ? ?ucode9.fw > a0g0initvals5.fw ? ? a0g1initvals5.fw ? ? b0g0initvals5.fw ? ?lp0initvals14.fw ? ?ucode11.fw > a0g0initvals9.fw ? ? a0g1initvals9.fw ? ? b0g0initvals9.fw ? ?lp0initvals15.fw ? ?ucode13.fw > a0g1bsinitvals13.fw ?b0g0bsinitvals13.fw ?lp0bsinitvals13.fw ?n0absinitvals11.fw ?ucode14.fw > a0g1bsinitvals5.fw ? b0g0bsinitvals5.fw ? lp0bsinitvals14.fw ?n0bsinitvals11.fw ? ucode15.fw b43-open is for open firmware, which does not support LP-PHY. You've to use original, closed source, ugly-licensed firmware (placed in /lib/firmware/b43/). > But : > dmesg > b43-phy3 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website. > b43-phy4: Broadcom 4312 WLAN found (core revision 15) > b43-phy4 debug: Found PHY: Analog 6, Type 5, Revision 1 > b43-phy4 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2062, Revision 2 > phy4: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel' > Registered led device: b43-phy4::tx > Registered led device: b43-phy4::rx > Registered led device: b43-phy4::radio > 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 Your distro doesn't allow non-free firmware. As I said, LP-PHY won't work with open firmware. Refer to your's distro FAQ/forums/MLs to learn how you can enable non-free firmware usage. -- Rafa?