Re: "bcm43xx: Firmware: no support for microcode extracted from version 4.x binary drivers" with FW from wl_apsta.o

[Larry Finger <larry.finger@lwfinger.net>]

Joerg Pommnitz wrote:
> Hello all,
> I gave the current wireless-dev git tree a try to get some exposure
> to the new mac80211 stack. I have a HP nx6325 with what lspci call a
> 
> Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 UART (rev 01) 
> 
> Compiling and installing the kernel worked without a problem, but the
> bcm43xx driver complains with the message in the subject line. The
> full dmesg log:
> 
> bcm43xx driver
> bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4311, rev 0x1
> bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4
> bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x11, vendor 0x4243
> bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0xa, vendor 0x4243
> bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x817, rev 0x3, vendor 0x4243
> bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x820, rev 0x1, vendor 0x4243
> bcm43xx: PHY connected
> bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Analog: 4, Type 2, Revision 8
> bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2)
> bcm43xx: Radio turned off
> bcm43xx: Radio turned off
> bcm43xx: PHY connected
> bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x15f, pl 0x7e (2006-07-29  05:54:02)
> bcm43xx: Firmware: no support for microcode extracted from version 4.x binary drivers.
> bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-95)
> bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0
> bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0
> bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0
> bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0
> bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x15f, pl 0x7e (2006-07-29  05:54:02)
> bcm43xx: Firmware: no support for microcode extracted from version 4.x binary drivers.
> bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-95)
> bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x15f, pl 0x7e (2006-07-29  05:54:02)
> bcm43xx: Firmware: no support for microcode extracted from version 4.x binary drivers.
> bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-95)
> bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x15f, pl 0x7e (2006-07-29  05:54:02)
> bcm43xx: Firmware: no support for microcode extracted from version 4.x binary drivers.
> bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-95)
> 
> The firmware is from the openwrt archive suggested under http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/bcm43xx
> 
> Now I'm at somewhat lost. Is there an even newer firmware (I tried the one from the NDIS bcmwl5.sys as well)?

You built the softmac, not the mac80211, version of the driver. Look at the configuration again.

Larry