From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.46.30]:36546 "EHLO yw-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755595AbZCGVyo convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Mar 2009 16:54:44 -0500 Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 5so630488ywh.1 for ; Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:54:41 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <49B2B9E4.9090006@lwfinger.net> References: <960a51b60903070942q31d4d5e2n835f2c642cd19d70@mail.gmail.com> <49B2B9E4.9090006@lwfinger.net> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 16:54:41 -0500 Message-ID: <960a51b60903071354ked42068w829e233cf3cc7d94@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20090307_225447_042505_161866DD) Subject: Re: Intermittent wlan operation ( b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error). From: Tom Cada To: Larry Finger Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Larry Finger 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. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireles= s" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html