Re: Brodcom 43 Failing of FC8

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On Friday February 1 2008, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Jeff Burns wrote:
> > > Wait .. I see I used the wrong firmware version for my kernel.
> > >
> > > Mike.
> >
> > Hi Mike,
> >
> > You need to grab this file:
> >
> > http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
> >
> > Extract and then do
> >
> > []# b43-fwcutter
> > -w /lib/firmware/ /path/to/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod/wl_apsta.o
> >
> > This is what brought my BCM4306 to life.
>
> not to sound repetitive, but my wiki page has a fairly reliable set of
> instructions that have worked for me.
>
> http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Broadcom_wireless_on_Fedora_8
>
> rday
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> Robert P. J. Day
> Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry
> Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
>
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I take it all back, according to /var/log/messages it still can't load any 
firmware, specifically it wants /lib/firmware/bcm43xx_microcode5.fw.

fwcutter didn't produce a file by that name.  Am I missing a step? 

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