bcm43xx headache

[Mogens Kjaer]

oleksandr korneta wrote:
> hello all,
> 
> here is a fresh Fedora Core 6 installation on a Compaq v2404us laptop.
> The built-in wireless adapter is based on Broadcom bcm4318 chip. On a 
> previous installation I was using ndiswrapper with windows driver for 
> x86_64, but since I've heard a lot about a native driver for bcm43xx 
> family and decided to give it a try this time.

I have a laptop with a linksys PCMCIA card with a bcm4318 chip.

I could never get ndiswrapper to work.

The bcm43xx driver right now works without any problems, together
with wpa_supplicant and NetworkManager.

It even restarts and reconnects automatically after a hibernation.

Sometimes I see a kernel panic when NetworkManager starts. I'm
not quite sure if this is related to the kernel version, the phase
of the Moon or whatever. With the current kernel 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6
it works ok.

I could get around the panic problem by booting the machine without
the card inserted, insert the card, and do a:

/etc/init.d/network restart
/etc/init.d/NetworkManager restart

Maybe your problem is x86_64 related?

Mogens

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