On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 08:18 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote: > Chris Ruprecht wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I recently got an HP dv9000 CTO laptop and finally managed to get FC5 > > x86_64 installed. > > The wired NIC is working, the wireless isn't, the sound isn't and the > > webcam isn't either. I haven't tried the FireWire stuff yet, so not > > sure if that works, but that's no priority (neither are sound and > > webcam, the wireless stuff is though). > > > > Some digging around on the web took me to bcm43xx-fwcutter and I > > followed the instructions, but the card doesn't show up in the device > > list to select (there is only 'Other'). Of course, there is a driver > > for the Windows side, but with an 80 GB drive, there is no space for > > Windows. If I need to install windows elsewhere and install the > > broadcom driver to extract the firmware, I can do that - question is: > > will the extraction part work for anything else than the wl_apsta.o file? > > > > I'm dropping the output of lspci in here, it hasn't helped me a bit: > > > > 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2) > > 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2) > > 00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2) > > 00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2) > > 00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2) > > 00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2) > > 00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2) > > 00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2) > > 00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) > > 00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) > > 00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) > > 00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2) > > 00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3) > > 00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3) > > 00:0a.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PMU (rev a3) > > 00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3) > > 00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3) > > 00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev f1) > > 00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller > > (rev f1) > > 00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2) > > 00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio > > (rev a2) > > 00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3) > > 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 > > [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configur > > ation > > 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 > > [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map > > 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 > > [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller > > 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 > > [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control > > 02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 UART (rev 01) > > 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device > > 0398 (rev a1) > > 04:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0832 > > 04:05.1 Class 0805: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host > > Adapter (rev 19) > > 04:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0843 (rev 01) > > 04:05.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host > > Adapter (rev 0a) > > 04:05.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller > > (rev 05) > > > > Best regards, > > Chris > > > > > The new support for the broadcom chipsets is like this: > > When you boot your system and do ifconfig -a does it show? > If yes, then use the cutter to extract the firmware and you are set. > If NO > You are stuck with ndiswrapper for now. > > Simple as that. > > Also, the 2.6.17 kernel has only limited support for the card reader you > have. It will do MMC, but not SD yet. > Thanks Phil, I have not tried my luck with the ndiswrapper, that looked like a ton of work when I last looked at it ;). And no, the card doesn't show up in ifconfig -a. I could go and get myself an Intel 3945 a/b/g mini PCI card, I believe that would fit into the slot where the broadcom card is located. Any support for that puppy? I'd loose bluetooth support, but I have yet to find a use for it anyway. Thanks, Chris
