Re: Intermittent wlan operation ( b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error).

[Tom Cada <thomas.cada@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net=
> wrote:
> Tom Cada wrote:
>> I went so far as to download the broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.3 drivers
>> thinking that a more recent version would have addressed the problem=
=2E
>> However, I found out I couldn't install them with the error:
>>
>> =C2=A0$ ../../b43-fwcutter-011/b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apst=
a_mimo.o
>> Sorry, the input file is either wrong or not supported by b43-fwcutt=
er.
>> This file has an unknown MD5sum b84bc801b9b8f39069c252f533655af8.
>
> The driver is b43. What fwcutter gets is firmware. AFAIK, the firmwar=
e for your
> device that you are using is the same as that of driver 4.150.10.5.3.=
 There is a
> difference in the firmware for LP and N PHY devices, but as they are =
not yet
> supported, it doesn't matter.
>
> We are aware of those errors, but don't know why they occur, or how t=
o fix them.
> Sorry.
>
> Larry
>
>

Oh poo!

I guess I will have to fire up ndiswrapper.

Thanks for the reply.  Place me on the list if you would like me to
test any changes.

Tom.
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