bcm43xx steps on ndiswrapper

[James]

I ran bcm43xx-fwcutter and copied the files to /usr/lib/firmware and
rmmod bcm43xx and modprobe -a bcm43xx


Now what? 

[root at max bcm43xx]# modprobe -a bcm43xx
[root at max bcm43xx]# Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: bcm43xx driver
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:03.0[A] -> Link
[LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4306, rev 0x3
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: bcm43xx: Number of cores: 5
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x4, vendor
0x4243, enabled
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0x5, vendor
0x4243, disabled
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x80d, rev 0x2, vendor
0x4243, enabled
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x807, rev 0x2, vendor
0x4243, disabled
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: bcm43xx: Core 4: ID 0x804, rev 0x9, vendor
0x4243, enabled
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: bcm43xx: PHY connected
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 2, Type 2,
Revision 2
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f
(Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2)
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: bcm43xx: Radio turned off
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: bcm43xx: Radio turned off
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: bcm43xx: set security called
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: bcm43xx:    .active_key = 0
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: bcm43xx:    .level = 1
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: bcm43xx:    .enabled = 1
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: bcm43xx:    .encrypt = 1
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks
first.
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: SoftMAC: Associate: failed to initiate scan.
Is device up?
Sep 15 10:58:13 max kernel: bcm43xx: PHY connected
Sep 15 10:58:14 max kernel: bcm43xx: Radio turned on
Sep 15 10:58:14 max kernel: bcm43xx: Chip initialized
Sep 15 10:58:14 max kernel: bcm43xx: DMA initialized
Sep 15 10:58:14 max kernel: bcm43xx: 80211 cores initialized
Sep 15 10:58:14 max kernel: bcm43xx: Keys cleared
Sep 15 10:58:14 max kernel: SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks
first.
Sep 15 10:58:14 max kernel: SoftMAC: Start scanning with channel: 1
Sep 15 10:58:14 max kernel: SoftMAC: Scanning 14 channels
Sep 15 10:58:14 max kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not
ready
Sep 15 10:58:14 max kernel: SoftMAC: Scanning finished
Sep 15 10:58:14 max kernel: SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks
first.
Sep 15 10:58:14 max kernel: SoftMAC: Start scanning with channel: 1
Sep 15 10:58:14 max kernel: SoftMAC: Scanning 14 channels
Sep 15 10:58:14 max kernel: SoftMAC: Unable to find matching network
after scan!
Sep 15 10:58:14 max kernel: SoftMAC: Scanning finished
Sep 15 10:58:14 max kernel: SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks
first.
Sep 15 10:58:14 max kernel: SoftMAC: Start scanning with channel: 1
Sep 15 10:58:14 max kernel: SoftMAC: Scanning 14 channels
Sep 15 10:58:15 max kernel: SoftMAC: Scanning finished
Sep 15 10:58:15 max kernel: SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks
first.
Sep 15 10:58:15 max kernel: SoftMAC: Start scanning with channel: 1
Sep 15 10:58:15 max kernel: SoftMAC: Scanning 14 channels
Sep 15 10:58:15 max kernel: SoftMAC: Scanning finished
Sep 15 10:58:15 max kernel: SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks
first.
Sep 15 10:58:15 max kernel: SoftMAC: Start scanning with channel: 1
Sep 15 10:58:15 max kernel: SoftMAC: Scanning 14 channels
Sep 15 10:58:16 max kernel: SoftMAC: Scanning finished
Sep 15 10:58:16 max kernel: SoftMAC: Unable to find matching network
after scan!
Sep 15 10:58:19 max kernel: bcm43xx: Radio turned off
Sep 15 10:58:19 max kernel: bcm43xx: DMA 0x0200 (RX) max used slots:
0/64
Sep 15 10:58:19 max kernel: bcm43xx: DMA 0x0260 (TX) max used slots:
0/512
Sep 15 10:58:19 max kernel: bcm43xx: DMA 0x0240 (TX) max used slots:
0/512
Sep 15 10:58:19 max kernel: bcm43xx: DMA 0x0220 (TX) max used slots:
2/512
Sep 15 10:58:19 max kernel: bcm43xx: DMA 0x0200 (TX) max used slots:
0/512


On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 07:28 -0600, Kevin DeKorte wrote:
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> James wrote:
> > Well .. it may be a simple fix. Here is the messages and dmesg.
> 
> > Sep 14 17:33:32 pollux firmware_helper[2624]: Loading of /lib/firmware/bcm43xx_microcode5.fw for bcm43xx driver failed: No such file or directory
> > Sep 14 17:33:32 pollux kernel: bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed.
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> 
> I'm gonna go with "It won't work without the firmware for $100"
> 
> Might try using bcm43xx-fwcutter on a windows driver. (it should be in
> extras)
> 
> I'm sure there are some docs out there on it.
> 
> Kevin
> 
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