On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 16:16 +0100, John Lagrue wrote: > 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? > You're in luck. The v4 firmware _is_ supported by the Fedora kernel because it's using the new bcm43xx driver. Simply copy the bcm43xx files extracted by fwcutter to /lib/firmware, and you should be set. Jonathan
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