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

[Joerg Pommnitz <pommnitz@yahoo.com>]

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)?

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Thanks in advance and kind regards

 
       Joerg



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