bcm43xx and kernel-2.6.22.5-76.fc7

[Klaus-Peter Schrage]

Jesus Jr M Salvo schrieb:
> On 20/09/2007, Jeff Stewart <bvmunix at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 9/19/07, Martin Marques <martin at bugs.unl.edu.ar> wrote:
>>> My WIFI:
>>>
>>> 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN
>>> Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)
>>>
>>> [root at localhost ~]# uname -r
>>> 2.6.22.5-76.fc7
>>>
>>> firmware v4
>>>
>>> Excellent results. With earlier versions I couldn't get better the 11M
>>> connections.
>>>
>>> What version of firmare are you using? I heard thet version 3 doesn't
>>> work anymore. You also need the new fwcutter.
>>>
>> Well, I'm using version 3 and I was actually able to get things working by
>> following the directions in
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2007-August/msg04257.html
>>
>> So I'm now back in business.  I tried using the v4 firmware some months ago,
>> and it just didn't work for me.  Maybe I'll revisit that.  But for now, all
>> is well again.  Running at 24 Mb/s.
>> --
>> Jeff Stewart
>> --
> 
> 1) Don't you get the following error on dmesg when using v3 firmware
> with the latest kernel ( or even with the 2.6.22.4-65 kernel ) ?:
> 
> b43-phy0 ERROR: YOUR FIRMWARE IS TOO OLD. Firmware from binary drivers
> older than version 4.x is unsupported. You must upgrade your firmware
> files.
> b43-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2
> b43-phy0 ERROR: Microcode not responding
> 
> 2) In order to get rid of the message above, I am trying to force the
> use of bcm43xx driver. How does one force bcm43xx driver instead of
> b43 driver ? 

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