ok.... installed the package and then used it to extract the firmware from my driver files for the XP with which I dual-boot. This is a 64-bit machine, so I assumed that I should use the bcmwl564.sys file. It extracted ok, but gave me this warning: "This file contains new version4 firmware. v4 firmware is _not_ supported by the driver in mainline kernels. For v4 firmware you need latest bcm43xx development version (wireless-dev kernel tree). If you don't know what this warning is about, use a 3.xx.xx.xx driver version instead to extract the firmware." What should I do next? On 03/06/07, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht <wolfgang.rupprecht+gnus200706@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"John Lagrue" <jlagrue@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > At first sight, the answer is "no". dmesg shows "bcm43xx_mac80211: > Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load > failed." > > But before I go wandering off to install ndiswrapper, as I have done > for the last year, I was wondering if anyone more knowledgeable than I > could let me know if by tweaking things I can get the device working > natively. It is telling you that you are missing the microcode -- the same microcode you'll need to hunt down to run ndiswrapper. Simplest thing to do is "yum install bcm43xx-fwcutter" and follow the instructions at /usr/share/doc/bcm43xx-fwcutter-006/* . -wolfgang -- Wolfgang S. Rupprecht http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/ Hints for IPv6 on FC6 http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/fedora/ipv6-tunnel.html -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
