Updated bcm43xx-old-config script (was Re: Need help w/ bcm43xx-mac80211 issues? (ndiswrapper considered harmful))

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On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 09:17:12AM -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
> First, the issue that lots of people are having...if you are getting
> the "YOUR FIRMWARE IS TOO OLD" issue, I recommend that you follow
> this procedure:
> 
> 	# you need to be root
> 	wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
> 	tar -xjvf broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
> 	bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/ broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod/wl_apsta.o

Also need to reboot or "modprobe -r bcm43xx-mac80211 ; modprobe bcm43xx-mac80211",
FWIW...

> That should fix things for most people.  However, some people still
> need/want to use the older driver even on devices that are (or should
> be) supported by the newer driver.  If you are in this situation,
> I recommend this procedure:
> 
> 	# save the file attached to this email as "bcm43xx-old-config"
> 	# you need to be root
> 	./bcm43xx-old-config

I now have an updated version of the bcm43xx-old-config script.
Larry Finger (bcm43xx driver maintainer) and I collaborated on some
minor fixes to correct problems that some have had, including the URL
being too long for some versions of wget and detecting the wrong PCI
ID for the wireless device on boxes that also have Broadcom ethernet
hardware.  This also gets the firmware from the openwrt.org site,
which regrettably may ultimately prove more stable than some random
URL from a hardware vendor...

Updated script attached below.  Again, please use this as a last
resort only after trying the first block of commands above (before
"That should fix things...").

Hth!

John

P.S.  If anyone is itching to work on some sort of 'wireless
troubleshooting' script/tool that would check for properly installed
firmware, suggest download sites for non-distributable firmware
(ralink, broadcom, others?), etc then let me know...
-- 
John W. Linville
linville@xxxxxxxxxx
#!/bin/sh

BCM43XX_V3_FW="http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o";

wget $BCM43XX_V3_FW

bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware -p .v3 wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
echo 'blacklist bcm43xx-mac80211' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
echo 'options bcm43xx fwpostfix=.v3' >> /etc/modprobe.conf

modprobe -r bcm43xx-mac80211 # remove the new driver

echo 'modprobe bcm43xx' >> /etc/rc.local

BCM43XX_PCI_ID=`lspci -n | awk '$2 ~ "^0280" && $3 ~ "^14e4:43" { print $3 }' | sed -e 's/:/ /'`
echo 'echo "'$BCM43XX_PCI_ID'" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/bcm43xx/new_id' \
	>> /etc/rc.local

/etc/rc.local

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